I Am Black Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B A C D A E E A A F A E A G A A H F A I A J F E A| I'm black I'm not the devil | A |
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| My black is just like the morning Star | B |
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| Please don't call me the devil | A |
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| The sun Burns me yet my flesh Burns not | C |
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| I was pure you corrupted me | D |
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| And now you call me the devil | A |
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| What wrong have done in choosing to black | E |
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| For the lessons I need for the elevation of my soul can only be gotten in Af'raka | E |
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| Why then do you call me the devil | A |
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| My soul is colorless yet you see me as the devil | A |
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| I'm no different from you I see me in you | F |
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| But you don't call yourself the devil | A |
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| I'm a manifestation of the Supreme Being | E |
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| Why on Earth do you call me the devil | A |
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| We're one connected to one source | G |
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| For I'm not the devil | A |
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| I'm good and I'm evil but I'm not the devil | A |
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| I'll not be moved by your discrimination | H |
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| I've a right to live just like you | F |
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| Stop treating me like the devil | A |
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| From same dark matter we're made | I |
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| But to you I'm the devil | A |
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| Of the same image we were created | J |
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| For if I'm the devil then what are you | F |
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| I'm black and I'm proud to be black | E |
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| I'm not the devil | A |
Jaja Otokini
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 11/12/2020
Poet's note: Just thoughts about the discrimination of blacks all over the world. Black is beautiful
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