African Flower Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABBCDEFGHAIJJKLMENOP QRNSNNTUHNNNSHVWXNNY NZZA2TRY| I am an African flower | A |
| Born and reared in South Africa | B |
| Swilled uBuntu from rivers of Africa | B |
| Our Mother rose from Africa hence | C |
| This land hold so many triumphs | D |
| Give all credit to the GEMIURGE I emerged here | E |
| Forefathers chose to remain and they prevailed | F |
| Their Perspercaciousness to the struggle of blows splotched with red liquid | G |
| Ootata Ingilosi for us stayed in valleys an abundance was lethal | H |
| Gazing steadily for daily bread no time to slumber | A |
| Their sweat this noon is food to us just like the Celestial being promised | I |
| They stood firm with their mikhontos and pledged to protect us | J |
| We were heavy but no day they part exchanged us because we were born priceless | J |
| Oomama the Mbokodos carried us for nine months | K |
| Sheilas fought immensely for me and you to survive | L |
| Belume ongezantsi for their offsprings bloom | M |
| In that regards I will be a fossil here | E |
| I will live to fertilize the little black colored flowers | N |
| Born Pure and chose to remain unadulterated | O |
| I'm no aloquent but I have to artitulate nevertheless | P |
| I may not portray adroitness in this however I have to exhale | Q |
| It's in the eventide of Monday | R |
| I'm looking in thee rose pink flowers | N |
| They show no loathe nor Aversion | S |
| I detect no repugnance | N |
| This must be the jauntiest place in the universe | N |
| Smoke of change smell of death | T |
| They took a siasta and died in the verge | U |
| I cry they were laudable | H |
| I'm lost and left with corrupt leaders | N |
| We are being sold to vultures | N |
| I'm lost and left with thiefs | N |
| We are in an auction | S |
| Imali messed our people | H |
| This is where population is intentionally reduced | V |
| Peace is no more and love is gone | W |
| Here is where killing of people is normalized | X |
| We are still alive yet our graves are ready for us | N |
| They just can not wait for us | N |
| No tears left to cry we are tremendous tired | Y |
| They sell us and show no remorse | N |
| Kunini ndizila when is my time coming | Z |
| Kunini ndikhala when is my D day coming | Z |
| Now that I'm still kicking I choose to stand for what's right | A2 |
| For now let me flump and wait for death | T |
| I pray this is comprehensible to you Crony | R |
| God give you dexterity to swallow my word | Y |
Musa Maliwa
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