Blood Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGGHIJIGIIKIL IGMMNMMMOP GQIRS TUMMUVWIXQY ZZZZYMGMGIIIIA2M B2C2MSUVD2 ME2F2G2QMH2| Slap me hard | A |
| Quick without a wince | B |
| Twist my arms | C |
| Make me wail | D |
| Snap my fingers | E |
| Forbid me good | F |
| Frail me | G |
| Stone me for adultery | G |
| Place embargoes on | H |
| My travels | I |
| Christen me again and again | J |
| Sour deadly christenings | I |
| Prod me | G |
| Assail my emotions | I |
| Rein my thoughts to close kilometres | I |
| But do not | K |
| Even in trance | I |
| Bid me quiet | L |
| - | |
| 'Tis what the creator endears | I |
| When he | G |
| Cloths for bodies made | M |
| Rings for fingers and ears smite | M |
| Scarves for heads transform | N |
| Worlds for humans create | M |
| Lids for eyes command | M |
| But | M |
| Nought for mouth did he make | O |
| not even a frail old protocol | P |
| - | |
| Now tell me | G |
| Dear Prosecutor | Q |
| Cite from your big library and college years | I |
| Why my silence be all you | R |
| Bid hear | S |
| - | |
| - | |
| I'll allow you have my names all of | T |
| Them | U |
| Ikorodu | M |
| Banana Island | M |
| Maitama | U |
| I'll stake them away | V |
| And many others assets you'll force I declare | W |
| But my voice | I |
| You will | X |
| Never | Q |
| Buy | Y |
| - | |
| You will talk | Z |
| I will talk | Z |
| I will talk | Z |
| You will talk | Z |
| Then after voices have risen so high | Y |
| You will be quiet | M |
| To know what my name would be | G |
| I will be quiet | M |
| To know what your name would be | G |
| And if anyone be wrong among us | I |
| We'll settle it in words | I |
| And a little shaking of hands | I |
| Not in silence | I |
| Cos your silence or mine | A2 |
| Shuld never be heard | M |
| - | |
| Tell your council | B2 |
| Dear Clerk | C2 |
| I will not go to court | M |
| I will be here | S |
| From my mouth shall proceed my doom | U |
| delay | V |
| or death | D2 |
| - | |
| I will not go to court | M |
| Take all I have | E2 |
| Mask my mouth | F2 |
| For your pandemic's curb | G2 |
| But never | Q |
| Never ever bid me quiet | M |
| Dear Minister of the Republic | H2 |
Shalom Kasim
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 02/12/2023
Poet's note: When democracy takes a new route to becoming autocracy, something sets foot to occur. . .
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