Black Thursday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFFGH FIJKK LMNO PDQG RDKS OTU VW XYZZ| Sheep eat their shepherds | A |
| A shepherd monstrously murdered | B |
| And brutally burnt | C |
| A great loss to Jalingo diocese | D |
| - | |
| Prior to his death | E |
| He was a priest like Melchizedek | F |
| He shepherds the flock | F |
| Under the scorching sun | G |
| And in the mocking rain | H |
| - | |
| Back from a peace talk | F |
| Route to Amadu parish | I |
| A calculated ambush launched | J |
| Against a soul | K |
| Crying guns saluted his soul | K |
| - | |
| The news of his demise | L |
| Spread like a wildfire | M |
| Many hearts pierced | N |
| and wounded | O |
| - | |
| Darkness over shadows | P |
| the diocese | D |
| Skirts and trousers in tears | Q |
| What has he done | G |
| - | |
| The Kwararafa Kingdom | R |
| and Jalingo diocese | D |
| Weep for a departed soul | K |
| At mile six Jalingo Cathedral | S |
| - | |
| The cadaver committed | O |
| To the mother earth | T |
| Grave yards frown at the casket | U |
| - | |
| The heavenly hosts have declared | V |
| War to the kingdom of the culprits | W |
| Though tagged 'unidentified gunmen ' | - |
| - | |
| The doer and the dowee | X |
| Must chronicle their deeds | Y |
| They that kill by a sword | Z |
| Must die by a sword | Z |
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 08/26/2020
Poet's note: This is a sad poem. The poem is dedicated to Late Reverend Father David Tanko who was gruesomely murdered by some men of no conscience. Before his demise, he was a priest in Amadu perish in Taraba state, Nigeria. This poem was written on 03/9/2019. The poem expresses pain and wickedness of mankind. The heart of man is dastardly wicked.
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