Virtue Crucified Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH CFIJKL KMNOP QKFRSTUVW TXFYZ YYA2QKB2TT AC2D2E2F2G2H2 E2| Prophecy | A |
| messiah long foretold | B |
| that will liberate us at independence | C |
| mountains of tribalism made straight | D |
| blood rivers and streams | E |
| parenting nepotism and corruption | F |
| hysop employed | G |
| like sins he will wash them away | H |
| - | |
| Ignorance | C |
| so sweet like saccharin | F |
| like two edge sword | I |
| satisfies glutinous urges | J |
| kills the body to no cure | K |
| holds sway in Naija | L |
| - | |
| Buffoonery | K |
| so greedy like weed | M |
| like raging fire and brimstone | N |
| ravishes a whole nation to the full | O |
| nothing is left of it | P |
| - | |
| There comes the light | Q |
| to heal to restore to reorder | K |
| reset values of transformation | F |
| ignored trapped and judged | R |
| taken to the gallow | S |
| cheered on by ignoramus | T |
| goaded on by buffing lots | U |
| crucify him they chant | V |
| sacrificial lamb he is | W |
| - | |
| Backwardness | T |
| pliant tool so corrosive | X |
| so we are embellished in our prison | F |
| leaders and the led | Y |
| we tow the same path | Z |
| - | |
| Messiah is dead | Y |
| judged by the led | Y |
| crucified by leaders | A2 |
| who late last night | Q |
| partied and drank to stuppor | K |
| in a glee of rampant agreement | B2 |
| away with righteousness | T |
| come along darkness | T |
| - | |
| His prophecy | A |
| I hold to heart still | C2 |
| three days gone he will rise again | D2 |
| today is second on the log | E2 |
| hopeful | F2 |
| third day will come to pass | G2 |
| Eureka will knock on our doors | H2 |
| - | |
| - | |
| Enugu | E2 |
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Ifeanyi Francis
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/15/2020
Poet's note: I am very much hopeful that one day, perhaps, in my generation or that of my children, Nigeria will rise again, from the ashes of corruption, weak values, poverty and backwardness. This is what I am projecting through this poem.
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