The Homeless Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIHJ KHLHMNNNOHP QRNN| Where they sleep | A |
| What they eat | B |
| None cares the rich | C |
| And mighty fly past | D |
| In their expensive pleasure cars | E |
| With tinted glasses wound up | F |
| Not to see nor hear | G |
| The hunger pangs rumbling | H |
| In their stomachs nor the chants | I |
| Of the street beggars sweating | H |
| Out their daily bread like animals | J |
| - | |
| No schools for the children | K |
| Regalled in tags crying | H |
| For little morsels and crumbs | L |
| And the infants suckling | H |
| At flabby breasts drained | M |
| By hunger and want | N |
| And hardship kwashiorkored | N |
| Whose husbands withered | N |
| Like leaves broken off | O |
| From their stalks graying | H |
| Before their time | P |
| - | |
| The homeless | Q |
| Are forgotten pieces | R |
| Of humanity | N |
| A crying shame to society | N |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: In many towns and cities of the world there are destitute and homeless people who under bridges and open places but none bothers about their condition. It's as if they are not human. The poem draws attention to the plight of the homeless and the need for governments to do something about their plight.
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