April, 2011 Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A BCDEFF CDGHC IJKL MNOPQ RSCT| For and Corp Members | A |
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| We have long sailed on different waves | B |
| Of life s turbulent sea | C |
| And the clouds of memory have grown even dimmer | D |
| Our sacks hold frail hopes and impotent dreams | E |
| Distance manures the wilderness of forgetting | F |
| Absence shakes the precipice of remembering | F |
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| I will recognize your face when I see | C |
| A green zebra galloping through a wildfire | D |
| Claws of hunger and talons of hate tattooed | G |
| On the defiant gallery of its skin | H |
| Their ruthless artistry | C |
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| - | |
| I will recognize the glow of the crested torch | I |
| Etched in your soul before it dressed your vest | J |
| These rampaging memories like spade | K |
| Shall dig the mind's profound grave | L |
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| How could I forget slashing machete patterns | M |
| That you carry like kangaroo pouch | N |
| Your back was worked by a sleeping Michelangelo | O |
| To a canvas of riots confusion and defiant obscenities | P |
| From a mad prehistoric prophet | Q |
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| Nor will the fallen the lost and the maimed | R |
| Lose their seats in the illimitable chambers of my soul | S |
| They too carry the wounded flag of our national epiphany | C |
| They too hold the bold undying emblem of our inseparable bond | T |
Paul Anozie
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Poet's note: The poem is in everlasting commemoration of the sufferings and deaths of some members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) who participated in the 2011 General Election. It's a call for resistance and resilience in the face of national adversities
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