Afrikana Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFAGF AHIJKFAGLA AMNGOAF| Oh you've forgotten this familiar voice so soon | A |
| I am the laborer you employed on your snow field | B |
| When your frozen farm could not stand | C |
| I was he who brought you loam from my mother's graveyard | D |
| The lurking waves are near | E |
| I am come knocking the moonlight door | F |
| It is me the Afrikana | A |
| Will you open Sir | G |
| Or just look me at the window and chide me once more | F |
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| Oh landlord you've forgotten this dark child so soon | A |
| I am the tenant you welcomed into your garage | H |
| As your kitten took my place in the guest room | I |
| I have come with a basket of thorns woven by my people | J |
| For a share of what solely belongs to my ancestors | K |
| I am come knocking the moonlight door | F |
| It is me the Afrikana | A |
| Will you open Sir | G |
| Or just look me at the window | L |
| And hide me in your balcony | A |
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| It is me the Afrikana | A |
| I am come on mother's last errand | M |
| With a golden necklace handsomely beaten from her shackles | N |
| I am come with your cross Sir | G |
| Knocking knocking | O |
| It is me the Afrikana | A |
| Will you open the moonlight door | F |
Gabriel Awuah Mainoo
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