Our Choice, Our Plight Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABACDC EFGHCH CCIJCC KKLLLL CJ| Once betrothed and married out | A |
| Rebelled we against our husbands | B |
| Wanting to be married out | A |
| To men of our choices and brands | C |
| We struggled we strived we fought | D |
| And with perseverance we stood our stands | C |
| - | |
| Yesterday we were happily married | E |
| Happily married to our choiced men | F |
| Men we all once claimed were our pride | G |
| Men that make us on our own fend | H |
| In our new homes we table our plights | C |
| Without no one willing to defend | H |
| - | |
| Today search the streets go to the market places | C |
| Enter homes visit the palaces | C |
| Are we taken for granted | I |
| Or are we considered unwanted | J |
| The once ever lovely wife now bruises her choice | C |
| The once happy brides now bitter wives | C |
| - | |
| Who is next The landlords wonder | K |
| Could it be me or another neighbor | K |
| They all bitterly complain | L |
| With no one to better explain | L |
| Most wives now disdain | L |
| Because none can ever restrain | L |
| - | |
| If this be our price for choosing our own husbands | C |
| Then we'd better remained betrothed | J |
Peter Nchumba Biligrini
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 09/10/2023
Poet's note: The poem is about the African's quest for Independence over colonization.
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