Strokes Of War Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHHIJ KLM LLNNO PQRSHDQH TUVPK| we have all been orphaned | A |
| to poverty in | B |
| responsorial psalm | C |
| of hunger | D |
| arching through misty shelves | E |
| - | |
| orphaned by circumstances that voted us as one | F |
| foreign agencies recruit us into war games | G |
| armies to death like Spartacus | H |
| manufacturers of weapons that kill us | H |
| chemicals on drones make us sick | I |
| our faces choking from them | J |
| - | |
| will make a good dancer from the scratching | K |
| from the itching drums played by orphans like me | L |
| in a music played superbly by world known powers yes | M |
| - | |
| a genre in a class of its own G | L |
| far from Gen Z | L |
| dictates the pace of these dances | N |
| distances | N |
| these wars | O |
| - | |
| I fly home | P |
| another macabre at play | Q |
| east to west north to south | R |
| orphans I see through and through | S |
| 'cause no one could stand up and fight for us | H |
| against looters we voted into power | D |
| against military we taxed ourselves to pay | Q |
| to kill us | H |
| - | |
| what do we do when | T |
| government plays dumb | U |
| as we form flocks at home like in orphanages | V |
| sitting at home | P |
| crying | K |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
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