A Stroll In The Graveyard Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAC DEFE GGHI JKLL MMNN OPOP BQRQ S| I took a stroll in the graveyard | A |
| And I marvel at the history lessons I learnt | B |
| It was just a stroll in the graveyard | A |
| Quite an unusual intent | C |
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| That s the wealthiest place I ve set my feet upon | D |
| Forget Dubai forget China or even the USA | E |
| Potential presidents lawyers entrepreneurs and investors lay thereon | F |
| It s quite heartbreaking so they say | E |
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| I have a childhood friend lying there | G |
| I ll invent the cure for AIDS one day I swear | G |
| What an ambition he had | H |
| But now there he lays dead | I |
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| The graveyard has swallowed people who would have made this world a beautiful place | J |
| This has left us in distress | K |
| We could have been far as human beings | L |
| But the graveyard has made us potential worthless beings | L |
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| Some who lay there have achieved their goals | M |
| They have played their roles | M |
| What about you what role are you playing for this earth | N |
| Don t you want to live a mark or footprint on this earth | N |
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| Some are called graveyard waste | O |
| They made life a living hell for many | P |
| Robbers murderers serial killers and rapists lie as waste | O |
| They couldn t leave a mark that could have been cherished by many | P |
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| What are the history lessons you have learnt | B |
| Are you doing the right thing for this world | Q |
| Which is far much important | R |
| After all these lessons I vow to leave countless footprints on this world | Q |
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| THE END | S |
Mthandazo Mkhwananzi
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