The Ancestral Agwu Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDE FGHI JKJLLI MNOHDP QKRSOT UVAWAEE CBXEEYW ZXEEA2B2C2 D2BEMCB EQEE| The ancestral deities of our fathers | A |
| What wrong have we done | B |
| We weren t there when the | C |
| agreements were made | D |
| Why the spiritual and physical torments | E |
| - | |
| Though many a soul sacrificed | F |
| Youths tormented day and night | G |
| Sorrows and pains sting their souls | H |
| What is the way out of the ancestral agwu | I |
| - | |
| Many a man rendered useless | J |
| Not all madness is natural | K |
| Not all deaths are glorious | J |
| home calls | L |
| Some are manmade home calls | L |
| While many are ancestral agwu | I |
| - | |
| Our ancestors mortgaged our | M |
| destinies to their deities | N |
| Vowed total submission and | O |
| commitment to our souls | H |
| Sinful sacrifices were made | D |
| on our behalf | P |
| - | |
| That was in the Stone Age | Q |
| When religion was strictly traditional | K |
| Sacrifices were the option for atonement | R |
| of sins | S |
| But the New religion fought and | O |
| defeated the Old | T |
| - | |
| Though many deities wept | U |
| They fought back to regain and retain | V |
| their worshippers | A |
| But all efforts were abortive | W |
| They held unto the vows of our ancestors | A |
| To unleash sufferings and torments | E |
| to their progenies | E |
| - | |
| Though freedom abounds in the | C |
| New religion | B |
| Where worshippers sin and smile | X |
| They sing and pray with grudges | E |
| In their hearts | E |
| In return the deities mock them | Y |
| And hold them total captive | W |
| - | |
| you left me to your New God | Z |
| and expect fortune to smile | X |
| at your face | E |
| Said the deities | E |
| The vows of your ancestors speak | A2 |
| against you | B2 |
| We agreed but you disagree | C2 |
| - | |
| The New religion saw it coming | D2 |
| She fought the Old religion | B |
| And uprooted most of the ancestral deities | E |
| And denounced them forever | M |
| Then freedom smiled at the | C |
| worshippers of the New religion | B |
| - | |
| The Old ways and the New ways | E |
| can never be on the same page | Q |
| The Old has its properties | E |
| The New enshrines it faith on the cross | E |
Jude Chukwuemeka Muoneke
Poet's note: This is a religious poem. It's elucidates the negative effects of Ancestral Agwu on the New generational worshippers who have abandoned their traditions and cultural heritage. This poem also reminds all and sundry that Christ is the only way to eternal life. Any other religion is questionable.
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