Echoes From Idoto Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABC DEFGG HIJKL MNGO E ECPDQ| From the call of the coucal | A |
| to the mournful whispers of my kin | B |
| the roots of Idoto stir within me | C |
| - | |
| From woods thousands of miles away | D |
| from the green carpeted paths of home | E |
| I hear the cries | F |
| one a call to order | G |
| the other a chorus steeped in sweet disorder | G |
| - | |
| In one land I sojourn | H |
| a stranger among its rhythms | I |
| In the other I am son and heir | J |
| bound by soil by water by blood | K |
| yet kept far by time and tide | L |
| - | |
| When shall I tread | M |
| the red earth again | N |
| When shall the river | G |
| mirror my face at dusk | O |
| - | |
| When shall I be home | E |
| - | |
| Ekenweofia I feel your longing for home | E |
| Akudinofia feels it deeply | C |
| That orderliness will be restored | P |
| And we fish together on the banks of Idoto someday | D |
| In the nakedness of our childhood innocence | Q |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
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