I Can't Breathe! Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A B C A A D E F F G H I J K L M N N O O P P Q Q R S T T F U V W N N X Y Z A2 B2 H| A social commentary | A |
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| ALL BLACK MALES LIVES DO MATTER | B |
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| We the ones who get beaten and battered | C |
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| Screaming out injustices as loud and clearly | A |
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| But it s what I saw that s not clear to me | A |
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| Is why this man is suppressed with a knee in his neck | D |
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| And since the last time I checked | E |
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| The glory days of the South shown in black and white | F |
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| Has turned into a shade of gray and seeing what s not right | F |
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| Even in where injustices are being displayed | G |
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| Hashed out and served to those flee bitten dogs as they lay | H |
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| On the neck of another Black man taking away his hopes | I |
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| His dreams his ambitions and now he has to cope | J |
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| With this dream crusher in a blue uniform | K |
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| Now where s your hooded suits you put away long ago | L |
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| Where s the love in your soul | M |
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| Or your heart is beating out hate | N |
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| While another Black Male dies until it s too late | N |
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| Where is your hooded suit you hide in shame | O |
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| Thinking every Black man has a target on his back and not knowing their name | O |
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| How dare you ignore the fact of this crime | P |
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| Looking for a way to give more time | P |
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| To kill another Black male | Q |
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| Or suffering them off to die in jail | Q |
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| With no justice or promise of peace | R |
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| In the meantime crime of our men increases | S |
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| I speak in anger and in concern | T |
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| Of this injustice crime being brought and we learn | T |
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| That another Black male will die tonight | F |
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| By the hands of a vicious cop under the street lights | U |
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| While another mother mourns | V |
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| Of that was born | W |
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| In a cruel world where it s a police state | N |
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| Not a peaceful place where it might be too late | N |
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| And he spoke in a whisper to our souls | X |
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| I can t breathe but no one else heard or being told | Y |
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| That he couldn t breathe his truth to you and I | Z |
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| But instead he dies | A2 |
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| All there was silence among us | B2 |
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| May | H |
Kenneth R. Jenkins
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