Voices In Clenched Fists Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCD E FGH IJK LMN OPQ RSETU VWXW YM EZ RA2B2C2 D2KE2KA| voice of youths have gone global in clenched fists | A |
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| drama at depth of brutality you thought | B |
| you can fool them for ages but | C |
| couldn't cage their will for long | D |
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| they are left free | E |
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| spirited spur in streams of endless flow | F |
| snake the streets angst outpouring | G |
| voices made manifest | H |
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| headlined horrors | I |
| innocent bloods were shed in rented graves bones broken ladies raped | J |
| ezu river fed up with corpses | K |
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| it becomes difficult surviving in caged dungeons | L |
| of SARS's intimidating orgies | M |
| only the freed few tell it | N |
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| against our will SARS colonized at will | O |
| leaders and governments looked away in tacit accord | P |
| or willing alignment | Q |
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| it's nature's endorsement at full circle | R |
| sun rays glide with rain | S |
| placards of blood showering in solidarity | E |
| in protest of bottled pains | T |
| unspeakable years of fears | U |
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| from naija to the world | V |
| tremulous | W |
| from twitter to hinterlands | X |
| youths twittering government jittery genuflecting at our oneness | W |
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| verdict of evils | Y |
| blood tanned officers paid to protect turned killers appolyon from hades | M |
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| end sars end brutality | E |
| end bloodshed clenched fits | Z |
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| 'tis that simple | R |
| with chicken coming home to roost | A2 |
| let the hunter become hunted | B2 |
| haunted till justice is served | C2 |
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| and from the shadows of our forlorn | D2 |
| griefs and ashes | K |
| will our glory arise | E2 |
| after our voices | K |
| and feast of fists | A |
Ifeanyichukwu Onwughalu
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 10/17/2020
Poet's note: This poem is lending voice to the Nigerian youths' agitation for a reformed police after decades of documented brutality, extrajudicial killings, bribery and numerous ills.
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