Do Not Tell Boys Like Us Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDBEF AGHIH JHKB BABBLMN AO AK APLQGRBSBT| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| 'life is simple like ABCD' | B |
| When we still stutter on | C |
| L M N | D |
| 'cus we're already used to | B |
| the nursery days rhythmic spelling | E |
| ELLI EHNNI EMMU | F |
| - | |
| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| the moon is not a picture | G |
| of our mothers | H |
| and the stars are not the eyes | I |
| of our fathers | H |
| - | |
| we were brought up | J |
| with the tale of our forefathers | H |
| who lived in the | K |
| walking clouds outskirt | B |
| - | |
| we were told | B |
| they reach out to us | A |
| with beaming lights every night | B |
| whilst we were taught | B |
| how to respond with | L |
| twinkle twinkle little star | M |
| rhymes | N |
| - | |
| Do not tell boys like us | A |
| to stay away | O |
| ' from the rain ' | - |
| and do not remind boys like us | A |
| how to fly an umbrella | K |
| - | |
| when we've found solace | A |
| in the slippery rainy dance | P |
| which flows with | L |
| the rhythm of the raindrops | Q |
| that strikes hard our | G |
| tattered roof | R |
| squirting water on our body | B |
| while we run | S |
| around the house mindlessly | B |
| shouting CATCH ME IF YOU CAN | T |
Oluwakayode Taiwo
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