Freedom Cry Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDE B B FGH B B IJJKL B B MNOP B B QRSS B B TUS B| in memory of the children of South Africa | A |
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| Freedom | B |
| Lifted out of the ashes and into a river of hope | C |
| A river of joy | D |
| A river of peace | E |
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| Cry freedom | B |
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| Freedom | B |
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| As a country dies | F |
| And children die because of | G |
| What they believe in | H |
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| Cry freedom | B |
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| Freedom | B |
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| You jail them in your jails | I |
| You murder them | J |
| Torture them | J |
| Burn their schools and home | K |
| But we still | L |
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| Cry freedom | B |
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| Freedom | B |
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| You can do all these things | M |
| And make spoils of it | N |
| And yet tell them they are not free | O |
| But we will with all our hearts | P |
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| Cry freedom | B |
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| Freedom | B |
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| No matter the strife | Q |
| Feeling powerless at times | R |
| When there is no power | S |
| But yet we will forever | S |
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| Cry freedom | B |
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| Freedom | B |
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| You break us down | T |
| Break our spirits | U |
| But we forever | S |
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| Cry freedom | B |
Kenneth R. Jenkins
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 02/08/2021
Poet's note: This is for those children who died in South Africa during the movement and uprising there, may their very souls rest in peace.
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