National Slavery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis

Rhyme Scheme: AABCD EAFGHC IJKLMJ NJOP NQRSST RTTTT

A Call to serve a nationA
Under the scorching sunA
and in a mocking rainB
Hunger slaps their facesC
They starve and serveD
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Though established for nationalE
unity and integrationA
But the fate of youths undefinedF
Coordinators and staff smileG
The clarion call is of national importanceH
But their welfare weeps for agesC
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The national integration breathesI
phobia and disunityJ
Religious acrimony bites hardK
Tribalism checkmates the systemL
Where is our hopeM
Unity in disunityJ
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Souls sacrificed in seasonsN
Parents in pains and agonyJ
Their saviours sacrificedO
What a clarion callP
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Graduates harvested in seasonsN
But unemployment mocks themQ
They hope for a better futureR
Where leaders are lootersS
Jobs decided by godfathersS
Our hope roasted for decadesT
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We await a coming saviourR
Like the Pharisees and SadduceesT
Who will wipe our gummy tearsT
Legs migrate for greener pasturesT
But no emigrantsT

Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke

Poet's note: This is socio-political poem. It's unfolds the fate of Nigerian graduates, during and after National Youth Service. The poem mocks the high level of unemployment in Nigeria and the high rate of mortality during National Youth Service. The youths in Nigeria are suffering and smiling.




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