A Hunter's Promise Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIHF JK LMNJOPF Q| Tonight I'll be away into the belly of uncharted forests | A |
| when the moon sells her hot pap | B |
| to the hungry mouth of stars | C |
| listen to my falling words dear wife | D |
| keep my children tightly within the warmth | E |
| Of your broadest wrappers | F |
| - | |
| feed Alani with tales of lizards | G |
| running across the dim latern | H |
| nodding his orange head | I |
| as a memorable rain | H |
| probe the house roof with waters | F |
| - | |
| For I'll return in the morning | J |
| with shoulders dripping with meats | K |
| - | |
| tell Asake not to sleep on mat of fear | L |
| tell her not to count the shadows like | M |
| bangles on the neck | N |
| For I'll return in the morning | J |
| with happiness in the pouch | O |
| and the legs of dead antelope | P |
| carried across my head and shoulders | F |
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| Kehinde Adedeji | Q |
Kehinde Adedeji
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Poet's note: A poem about a hunter going for hunt at night. He informs his wife to take care of his children while he's away into the deepest forest that he'd return with happiness and meats. It is a poem covering the sweep of father's love to his children.
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