National Slavery Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCD EAFGHC IJKLMJ NJOP NQRSST RTTTTA Call to serve a nation | A |
Under the scorching sun | A |
and in a mocking rain | B |
Hunger slaps their faces | C |
They starve and serve | D |
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Though established for national | E |
unity and integration | A |
But the fate of youths undefined | F |
Coordinators and staff smile | G |
The clarion call is of national importance | H |
But their welfare weeps for ages | C |
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The national integration breathes | I |
phobia and disunity | J |
Religious acrimony bites hard | K |
Tribalism checkmates the system | L |
Where is our hope | M |
Unity in disunity | J |
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Souls sacrificed in seasons | N |
Parents in pains and agony | J |
Their saviours sacrificed | O |
What a clarion call | P |
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Graduates harvested in seasons | N |
But unemployment mocks them | Q |
They hope for a better future | R |
Where leaders are looters | S |
Jobs decided by godfathers | S |
Our hope roasted for decades | T |
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We await a coming saviour | R |
Like the Pharisees and Sadducees | T |
Who will wipe our gummy tears | T |
Legs migrate for greener pastures | T |
But no emigrants | T |
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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