The Rare Diamond Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH HHHH HIHI CJCJ KLKL HMHL NLNL OPOI LHLH QHQH KHKH RSTU VHVH HLHL| The world is worth its weight in gold | A |
| In the presence of this precious gem | B |
| Of all things in the world to behold | A |
| This treasure is the prime of them | B |
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| I have swum to the depth of the sea | C |
| And walked to the root of th' land | D |
| But its semblance is no where to be | C |
| Nor can favour like our egos demand | D |
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| Like a brass like a coral in the coast | E |
| And at the core in the heart of the orb | F |
| Amid diamonds it is precious the most | E |
| Of this for minds it is easy to absorb | F |
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| To God lies the charge of every affair | G |
| But few of things can be found in odd | H |
| Oh I can see why all things are in pair | G |
| One not another is like a headless bod | H |
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| Women to men are made to be mate | H |
| Women not men is like a hairless head | H |
| Men not women is like an empty slate | H |
| Who lives without other is a living dead | H |
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| Don't kill your girls like peeps of th' past | H |
| Don't hate your girls for what they are | I |
| For not you know of the heirs to outlast | H |
| Or who of them to make you superstar | I |
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| For marriage it is her right to agree | C |
| Not to be forced to marry any man | J |
| Nor should charge on her huge fee | C |
| Nor mar for a right man her plan | J |
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| Take care treat and love her as a wife | K |
| Mahr is her right you must not deny | L |
| Desist from what may cause a strife | K |
| Do not beat slap not even in the eye | L |
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| She is your wife a partner not a maid | H |
| Or who told you to you she is minor | M |
| Nay but your second half and an aide | H |
| So guide her and lead her to Jannah | L |
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| Mere objects of sex Nay it is wrong | N |
| And what man can do women also can | L |
| Whether for a time short or even long | N |
| Even better than any other man | L |
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| Deny her not of a right to the wealth | O |
| Left for her from the riches of her pa | P |
| Fear Allah so don't devour by stealth | O |
| For the End is near it is no more afar | I |
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| Half a share makes her no half a man | L |
| This is the order enforced by the Lord | H |
| As can be seen in His Book the Qur'an | L |
| So with the rules it is better to accord | H |
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| Women ranks are more than we think | Q |
| Look to the past and pick up the fact | H |
| For from then till now there is a link | Q |
| To skew your guess and how you act | H |
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| Women are great in many facets of life | K |
| Religion science and even in the trade | H |
| For a man to succeed behind is a wife | K |
| So honour and treat her as your aide | H |
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| Study Khadijah Aishah and Mariam | R |
| And see how charming were their roles | S |
| How useful their model how premium | T |
| To the rank of the women as a whole | U |
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| As a mother at her feet your success | V |
| Treat kindly and adore her to your best | H |
| By her delight your Jannah an access | V |
| It is the fact so do not take as a jest | H |
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| Women are salt that make life sweet | H |
| Mother wife sister daughter or queen | L |
| And as tools that make man complete | H |
| And even the helpers in terms of deen | L |
Kehinde Bashir Akinola
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 04/14/2023
Poet's note: The poem eulogizes the precious value of Muslim women; and itemises their right in Islam
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