Pantoum: Landing, 1976 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD BEDF EGFH FCIA| Dreaming the lives of the ancestors | A |
| you awake justly terrified of this world | B |
| you could dance underwater and not get wet | C |
| you hear but the pressure is drowning you | D |
| - | |
| you're awake but just terrified of this world | B |
| where all solids are ice underwater boogie | E |
| you hear but the press sure is drowning you | D |
| the igbo were walking not dancing | F |
| - | |
| where all solids are ice underwater boogie | E |
| is good advice because they're quick to melt | G |
| the igbo were straight up walking not dancing | F |
| and you've still got to get through this life | H |
| - | |
| take my advice quickly they're melting | F |
| you could dance underwater and not get wet | C |
| and you've got to to get through this life still | I |
| dreaming the lives of the ancestors | A |
Evie Shockley
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