In The Cold Night Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJ KLMNO PQARRRS TUVWXY ZA2B2C2D2POOO OCE2RF2OG2| From afar all you see | A |
| Is scanty hair | B |
| Close to him you see sunken eyes | C |
| And his lips so dry and split | D |
| By the face of hunger | E |
| He is so pale and yet | F |
| His mother has given him her best | G |
| To make him survive | H |
| It's all she can afford | I |
| A sketchy meal a day | J |
| - | |
| His house unlike others' | K |
| Has NO walls | L |
| Its roof spread out leaves | M |
| And his blanket | N |
| The wrath of the cold night | O |
| - | |
| Besides him many pass by | P |
| Look at him ignore and condemn | Q |
| Yet he does not choose to be | A |
| In this a SITUATION that life brings him | R |
| And humanity always blaming him | R |
| Worst of all disregarding him | R |
| As though he never was human | S |
| - | |
| Have we learned to shorten our hands | T |
| Close our eyes and deafen our ears | U |
| To the cries of this child | V |
| A voice calling for redemption from the neighborhood | W |
| And yet all we give | X |
| Is demise and disgust | Y |
| - | |
| How cruel that is | Z |
| If not us then who will | A2 |
| Put a smile on his face | B2 |
| Fill his mouth with laughter and his lips | C2 |
| With rejoicing | D2 |
| Why should we let him die | P |
| In the cold night | O |
| Under the scanty treeshade | O |
| Amid the dangers of the street | O |
| - | |
| Who will his mother appreciate | O |
| When he dies | C |
| And we only looked on | E2 |
| And down on him | R |
| Harken to my call | F2 |
| And save him this tragedy | O |
| For this is life's demand from us | G2 |
Daniel Ikosiot
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Poet's note: This piece is for those little children roaming on streets with nobody to render a hand. To the African child who faces the consequences of tyrannical rulers and their selfish aggression. To the orphan who has nothing but the emptiness of the streets to comfort him.
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