Televised Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGCHCIJKLMNKOPQ CHRH| Televised news turns | A |
| a half used day into | B |
| a waste of desolation | C |
| If nothing wondrous preceded | D |
| the catastrophic announcements | E |
| certainly nothing will follow save | F |
| the sad eyed faces of | G |
| bony children | C |
| distended bellies making | H |
| mock at their starvation | C |
| Why are they always | I |
| Black | J |
| Whom do they await | K |
| The lamb chop flesh | L |
| reeks and cannot be | M |
| eaten Even the | N |
| green peas roll on my plate | K |
| unmolested Their innocence | O |
| matched by the helpless | P |
| hope in the children's faces | Q |
| Why do Black children | C |
| hope Who will bring | H |
| them peas and lamb chops | R |
| and one more morning | H |
Maya Angelou
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