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 HLHLThe 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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