Boys Like Us Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF BGHIIJI ABAAK ALBKABMBBNBBB| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| 'summer is hot and winter is cold' | B |
| when we're used to wearing | C |
| the same singlet we wore | D |
| last three summer to welcome | E |
| the winter cold into our roofless home | F |
| - | |
| You're not a climate | B |
| is the sentence we were nurtured with | G |
| Do not expect boys like us to change | H |
| to the tones of seasonal weather | I |
| when all we have is our | I |
| yellow white armless uniform | J |
| and navy blue short knicker | I |
| - | |
| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| not to eat from street side waste | B |
| 'cus its poisonous | A |
| when we've already found solace | A |
| in eating the prominent beings leftovers | K |
| - | |
| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| education is the key to success | L |
| When all we do is stare at | B |
| how they caress the future leaders | K |
| into the early morning school bus | A |
| which cacophonous honks could | B |
| wake a dead man | M |
| with their plumpy bags of chocolate | B |
| while we sit beside our cracked window | B |
| whispering a silent wish in our hearts | N |
| to one day feel the fresh breeze too | B |
| and have a view of our dirty street | B |
| from the school bus window side | B |
Oluwakayode Taiwo
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