The Hotsphere Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEDE FGFG HIHI JKLK MNMN OBOB PQPQ| The harmattan here is filled with rain | A |
| The night has come with radiant sun | B |
| And the dawn refuses in fear of pain | A |
| And fowls at night do play with guns | C |
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| The moon hangs and beams the dark | D |
| Pregnant clouds do shed but blood | E |
| The owls bleat and the hawks bark | D |
| The battle in the sky results in flood | E |
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| A colourless rainbow appears above | F |
| And women bear grey headed kids | G |
| The Moon the sun rolls in hateful love | F |
| Fathers and sons throw farewell bids | G |
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| In the rain in the sun it is all alike | H |
| And the clouds lour as if to burst | I |
| The spear poses in a way to strike | H |
| The dagger as well it is full of thirst | I |
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| Alas the war is here the war is there | J |
| In fierce battlefield termites arrive | K |
| Who needs eyewear to steer the fear | L |
| When eagles part to keep alive | K |
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| With no bodyguard don't join the war | M |
| For the front is hot it needs the brave | N |
| And the hazy dust is thick with sore | M |
| It is not as a camp in all night rave | N |
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| I can join in the war but I have no arm | O |
| I can strike I can kill but I have no gun | B |
| No forte no hands to carry firearm | O |
| Think not coward for I am not the one | B |
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| But my mouth at work to do its best | P |
| To call the Lord to render full peace | Q |
| And bring the row the clash to rest | P |
| So the shots the hots come to cease | Q |
Kehinde Bashir Akinola
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