Can I Say No, Thunder?! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFFGHIJKI AHLFMNOPJFQJ RSJTUVFIIWX TYZWEA2WB2C2D2E2Y TTF2A2A2C2G2H2IB2A2I 2J2 W| Here I lay | A |
| prostrate | B |
| in midst of darkness | C |
| sandwiched | D |
| in windy breeze | E |
| lightening | F |
| glittering | F |
| in distance | G |
| sign of rain | H |
| will there be thunder | I |
| will he come | J |
| in that thunderous thunderbolt | K |
| how do I say no thunder | I |
| - | |
| you weren't seen yesterday | A |
| in the rain | H |
| lightening flash you sent | L |
| messenger of your coming | F |
| scale in hand | M |
| guilty lined up | N |
| scared | O |
| conscience in sin in guilt | P |
| arraigned in your magisterium | J |
| await your coming | F |
| adjournment I seek | Q |
| how can I say don't come | J |
| - | |
| I saw you in John | R |
| preached love | S |
| a prodigal I am | J |
| unworthy | T |
| sullied | U |
| to soil your communion | V |
| dreading | F |
| your laughter | I |
| thunder | I |
| no don't strike | W |
| father forgive me for I have sinned | X |
| - | |
| I soured my country's treasury | T |
| contracts padded to Jericho | Y |
| ballot fed with bloodied roses | Z |
| no don't strike | W |
| married to centuries | E |
| of side chicks | A2 |
| no don't strike | W |
| cocotte in th avenue | B2 |
| don't strike still | C2 |
| freebooter engraved on forehead | D2 |
| choleric stamped | E2 |
| no no I say no | Y |
| - | |
| o mountains fall on me | T |
| o hills cover me | T |
| don't let your thunder boil | F2 |
| tarry till tomorrow tarries | A2 |
| when sunshine feeds | A2 |
| on breakfast till | C2 |
| absolution invoked | G2 |
| go and sin no more | H2 |
| palms together | I |
| angelic steps to the pew | B2 |
| five chaplets to the heavens | A2 |
| atonement sought | I2 |
| thunder thawed | J2 |
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| - | |
| - | |
| Enugu | W |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/23/2020
Poet's note: We are all sinful, individually and collectively. Sin permeates every facet of our private and national lives. We will face judgement someday. However, there are chances of atonement we are presented. Else, thunder will strike.
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