Oku - The Dead. Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCA DEF GHGI EJK LMNM III OPEE EEQ| When life is cut off we say they have faithfully departed | A |
| What else could have been said leaving this hellish earth to an unknown source | B |
| Though they do say the devil one knows is better than an unknown angel | C |
| Fallacy upon fallacy the soul is far gone and rented | A |
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| My beloveth Asake | D |
| The one that is as beautiful as igbin | E |
| Please do not eat ekolo save what they devour in heaven do wine and dine with them | F |
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| Buried flesh eaten by cankerworms deep to the bones and turned to dust | G |
| When alive you glow and shine forgetting the unknown world | H |
| Live on Live on in the unknown world that never rust | G |
| Never again would you come over to dine and give me just a word | I |
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| My charming Adigun | E |
| The courageous one whom iku feared but now swallowed by death | J |
| Please never fidget as one day death will kneel and plead for your forgiveness | K |
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| Do not be fooled some saints do have dark spots and some who died martyrs entertained fear | L |
| Not just the fear of death to us all but the fear of how fair is the world beyond with its worries | M |
| To all the dead I ask is the journey arrival and abode actually fair | N |
| One by One group by group we shall all exit this world with no one to tell our after life stories | M |
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| Mama and Baba mi agba filled with wisdom and all the departed innocent omode | I |
| Is age colour gender and religion really a barrier in the world beyond | I |
| We here wish to know but no one to relate the reality as dreams here even conflict | I |
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| We all wish to go to heaven but this world is bitterly sweet to let go off | O |
| I wonder how the world beyond would be without each one recognizing one another or would we | P |
| My Ajike My Ishola if I exit this world and cannot again recognize you what would be the gain | E |
| It is painful bitterly painful as strangers in heaven or hell we might all be again | E |
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| Oku has gone to the world of no return | E |
| Till when shall we all be gathered to live a new life as one | E |
| No longer to be judged by age colour and gender but by the intent of our heart forever and ever | Q |
Fatoki, Oluwatobi O.
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