The Laws Of Motion Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEBFG HHEIJ BKLM NOPEB QRSTT UVWE XTH TTT| The laws of science teach us a pound of gold weighs as | A |
| much as a pound of flour though if dropped from any | B |
| undetermined height in their natural state one would | C |
| reach bottom and one would fly away | D |
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| Laws of motion tell us an inert object is more difficult to | E |
| propel than an object heading in the wrong direction is to | E |
| turn around Motion being energy inertia apathy | B |
| Apathy equals hostility Hostility violence Violence | F |
| being energy is its own virtue Laws of motion teach us | G |
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| Black people are no less confused because of our | H |
| Blackness than we are diffused because of our | H |
| powerlessness Man we are told is the only animal who | E |
| smiles with his lips The eyes however are the mirror of | I |
| the soul | J |
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| The problem with love is not what we feel but what we | B |
| wish we felt when we began to feel we should feel | K |
| something Just as publicity is not production seduction | L |
| is not seductive | M |
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| If I could make a wish I'd wish for all the knowledge of all | N |
| the world Black may be beautiful Professor Micheau | O |
| says but knowledge is power Any desirable object is | P |
| bought and sold any neglected object declines in value | E |
| It is against man's nature to be in either category | B |
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| If white defines Black and good defines evil then men | Q |
| define women or women scientifically speaking describe | R |
| men If sweet is the opposite of sour and heat the | S |
| absence of cold then love is the contradiction of pain and | T |
| beauty is in the eye of the beheld | T |
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| Sometimes I want to touch you and be touched in | U |
| return But you think I'm grabbing and I think you're | V |
| shirking and Mama always said to look out for men like | W |
| you | E |
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| So I go to the streets with my lips painted red and my | X |
| eyes carefully shielded to seduce the world my reluctant | T |
| lover | H |
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| And you go to your men slapping fives feeling good | T |
| posing as a man because you know as long as you sit | T |
| very very still the laws of motion will be in effect | T |
Nikki Giovanni
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