Modern Slavery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F GH I J K| Could the purple bougainvilleas reflect our nature | A |
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| Nor could the heat or dust around the roadside say much about us | B |
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| In the beginning It could have been better to start with the smell of rotine cashew tossed around this road which I never noticed | C |
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| Neither have I noticed the black bellied Lizard with a red head lying helplessly in line arranged orderly with chains | D |
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| Instead I chose to walk in silence not mentioning the agony this road brings | E |
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| The only crime I committed is that I'm a different coloured lizard I'm black | F |
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| WHY | G |
| because my DNA is an abomination | H |
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| I was born like this to walk only on this road but I do not blame God | I |
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| Once more I cannot change the pathway of this road though it looks like it has been changed with definition of lizards with golden chains still arranged orderly to walk on this path | J |
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| Re branded they call it but it looks like I got only pain as a heritage | K |
Ernest Atuoha
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Poet's note: Africans and their journey to a new home
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Oliver : Well, Ernest tried to picture slavery but in modern civilized society, in his word " rebranded they call it. I think in his piece today's community is simply a modern slavery of the past.
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