Africa Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C D E F G H I J K LM D N O P| I just can t stop laughing at my continent cause if I do I ll run out of tears crying for HER | A |
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| She was the most beautiful and promising woman or at least so I heard | B |
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| When she could speak courageously among her pairs | C |
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| Even her elders listened to what she had to say | D |
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| She is the only woman with a melanin skin | E |
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| But that made her an envy and prey for the other women | F |
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| They came in as friend and her good manners were corrupted by bad company | G |
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| Her kids forgot the essence of their existence and all it means to be a pure | H |
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| Every wrong became right | I |
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| sense of reasoning lost | J |
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| Common sense replaced with greed and foolishness | K |
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| Her children makes her unworthy dirty and evil | L |
| Her streets colors red | M |
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| The stains so thick that the rains can t wash away | D |
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| Yet do her children still smile even with so much grief and sadness in her heart | N |
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| This is Africa the constant oppression from her elders zips the mouth of truth | O |
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| Holds the hands of justice and blinds the eyes of peace | P |
Jaja Otokini
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Poet's note: A message to Africans, wake up
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