Strange Land, Nigeria Ii Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHIJDKLMN OPQRNS TUQVW| I know if it were unarmed youths | A |
| They'd have sent their killer squad | B |
| With bullets tanks and bombs | C |
| Like invading marauders | D |
| They'd maim destroy and kill | E |
| - | |
| They'd match out | F |
| Like hungry and angry Alsatian dogs | G |
| Aiming for the throat of their victims | H |
| But now a small group of men | I |
| Armed with dane guns and local pistols | J |
| Ambushed and took hostage police officers | D |
| Suddenly the high command has gone dumb | K |
| It has lost its propaganda voice | L |
| The entire nation's quiet | M |
| Like nothing happened | N |
| - | |
| If it were in sane climes | O |
| Leaders would have resigned | P |
| Or committed suicide | Q |
| Or both for they failed woefully | R |
| In the responsibility for which public fund | N |
| Is wasted on them | S |
| - | |
| Here No way | T |
| In place of resignation they'd get promotion | U |
| In place of suicide | Q |
| They'd vent spleen on bloody civilians | V |
| Shame on them all | W |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/21/2020
Poet's note: On October 2020 soldiers attacked and killed unarmed youths who were protesting against police brutality and bad governance. The poem continues the ideas in the first poem by the same title. It condemns the use of lethal force on unarmed civilians while treating criminals and terrorists with kid gloves.
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