Aborted Heroes Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Poet's note: This poem is a lamentation about the dashed hopes of teachers, especially in Nigeria and Africa in general. The people who spend most part of their time, working under pressure to plan and prepare lessons for their learners. This gives them the dim hope that their students and the society would identify with them and better their working conditions. However, their hope of producing heroes that would sing the teachers' praises is usually dashed as the society treats them with disdainful approach, usually with the obnoxious ' teachers' reward is heaven ' mantra.