Home Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBC DDEE FGHH DDEE IHIH DDEE| The Yorubas do say Ile la n ti ko eso rode | A |
| You cannot no matter how clever cheat on nature | B |
| As what comes from you and I has its roots traced to our nurture | B |
| From home do our sojourn start and ends on how good we rebirth ourselves day by day | C |
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| Many homes are filled with fortunes | D |
| While some are products of misfortunes | D |
| Omoluabi Omoluabi till when would this come to be | E |
| Gentlemanly Gentlemanly what a pitiful anomaly | E |
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| The Igbos do say No matter how clever like an unhidden smoke so it is for our habits | F |
| You claimed to be well raised before getting to power how come the public funds you now like cankerworms eats | G |
| Of a truth efin ni iwa and as such the truth cannot for long be hidden | H |
| What a mess under corruption good habits is totally forbidden | H |
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| Many homes are filled with fortunes | D |
| While some are products of misfortunes | D |
| Omoluabi Omoluabi till when would this come to be | E |
| Gentlemanly Gentlemanly what a pitiful anomaly | E |
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| The Hausa Fulanis' do say Let's build values and culture on a solid foundation no matter who we are | I |
| Is that the reality in this era of corruption | H |
| When the evil wind of temptation blows then you will remember whose child you are | I |
| Many till date still describe their father's house with a left hand without any emotion | H |
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| Many homes are filled with fortunes | D |
| While some are products of misfortunes | D |
| Omoluabi Omoluabi till when would this come to be | E |
| Gentlemanly Gentlemanly what a pitiful anomaly | E |
Fatoki, Oluwatobi O.
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