A Holy Requiem Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEB AFGHIH AJKJLMNOPKQ| Arise all sinners | A |
| Ye emotions that are forgot | B |
| Give just one last drop | C |
| To this dried up well of distraught | D |
| Set my path on a mellow cloud | E |
| So I can change their judgement their eggings and my plot | B |
| - | |
| Lay down ye sinners | A |
| We submit to your absence | F |
| We long for the sorrow you bring | G |
| We agree to the rules of merciless sense | H |
| We relish not the penalty of its invocation | I |
| For we always have another ploy to our defence | H |
| - | |
| Bow to the succumb of despair you sinners | A |
| I say bow to the voice of god | J |
| Allow this symphony | K |
| To caress my feelings of grogged trod | J |
| Let it for once Lay my path with fragrance of sweet memories | L |
| So I may for a moment be free from the adjudge of these persistent prod s | M |
| And if it may be that these emotions are never coming back | N |
| And I'm only left with the silhouette of my good heart turn bad | O |
| Then | P |
| Requiem Aeternum dona eis Domine | K |
| Grant them eternal rest O lord | Q |
Oluwadunjoye John Tobi
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Poet's note: A Holy Requiem is a solemn meditation on guilt, despair, and spiritual longing, where the speaker seeks momentary redemption and rest from judgment through the language of faith and emotional surrender.
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