Pressure Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AAAB ACDB EFFB GHIH| I woke up right | A |
| Dressed my bed right | A |
| Washed up right | A |
| Still I was wrong | B |
| - | |
| I walked right | A |
| Exchanged decent pleasantries | C |
| Made it early to work | D |
| Still I was wrong | B |
| - | |
| I tried not to hurt | E |
| Tried not to hate | F |
| Tried to always communicate | F |
| Still I was wrong | B |
| - | |
| Then I phased away | G |
| To remain with me | H |
| The only one who truly understands | I |
| Now I'm free | H |
Onodu Gwaine
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 05/17/2021
Poet's note: This is just to emphasize the rate of peer pressure and it's effect in our society.
Being a virgin sounds like a crime to the contemporary youth.
Dressing well is now an insult to their site.
Once you try to follow the right path, they begin to see you as a someone who knows nothing or in Nigerian terms, "juu guy" meaning "someone who knows nothing
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