Virtue Crucified Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGH CFIJKL KMNOP QKFRSTUVW TXFYZ YYA2QKB2TT AC2D2E2F2G2H2Prophecy | 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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/16/2020
Poet's note: In this poem I am of the view that one day Nigeria shall rise again, righteousness will flow like a river and prosperity will be our portion. Messiah is a metaphor for all that is good that has come to rescue Nigeria. The Messiah might have been crucified, he will rise again.
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