The Mad Man Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH IJKLMNOPQ| The mad man's filled | A |
| With extra wisdom and power | B |
| And insight and knowledge | C |
| But the mad man himself says | D |
| The problem with him | E |
| Is when he wants to say one thing | F |
| Another enters his mouth | G |
| And he ends up contradicting his very self | H |
| - | |
| When he wants to go somewhere | I |
| Another thought of another place | J |
| Registers in his mind and he heads | K |
| Backwards instead of forwards | L |
| And when he has a destination | M |
| And route in mind he chooses | N |
| The longest like the Israelites in the wilderness | O |
| Who spent forty years | P |
| To do a journey of forty days | Q |
Emmanuel Inya Otu-nwachi
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Poet's note: Sometimes, sane people exhibit behaviours that look abnormal and inconsistent with the behaviour of normal people. The Igbo have a saying that the mad man says when he wants to speak other things would enter his mouth. The poem continues the idea in "Season of Madness" and "Wisdom and Power." The poet looks at the behaviour of the decampee Governor and his utterances as being inconsistent with the behaviour of normal people.
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