The Berlin Birthday Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFGHIJAIKLDMNONP QRSBTDUVWXXXYZWDNNA2 LDDB2C2ND2E2IIDDYF2G 2G2 H2| Four to five hundred years ago | A |
| And the line drawn | B |
| On the dark earth | C |
| Immediately the Berlin birthday | D |
| And the black antennas was | E |
| Presented before the 'Ecelebrants' like birthday cakes | F |
| And which black sheep knows | G |
| Where the rain began | H |
| How he's beaten | I |
| How to get dried | J |
| Ageless decades ago | A |
| Black pot was broken | I |
| Forest's peace chased by steels | K |
| Flood of blood uprooted the forest | L |
| Legs and hands tied and fleeted away | D |
| Survivals of the middle passage | M |
| Wore the masks of slavery | N |
| But the pianos went on constant search | O |
| Inflicted more worry | N |
| Lies ruled out the form | P |
| Many bathed emancipation at graves | Q |
| Dirge was the rhymes at home | R |
| Elegy was the verses out there | S |
| Lies dewed the forest at dawn | B |
| Elephants Lions Tigers intoxicated and chained | T |
| Maybe the tortoise went astray | D |
| Because the monkeys trampled upon | U |
| Escaped the forest to the banks | V |
| What wrong went later with them | W |
| Now the lies has dried our streams | X |
| Blocked our screams | X |
| Dusted our dreams | X |
| Yes the refined root is the lies | Y |
| The stem is the root | Z |
| The branches are the stem | W |
| Many leaves whither away | D |
| The saw hews the tree | N |
| And an axe makes logs for free | N |
| Fire calls on the smoke | A2 |
| Likewise the charcoal makes the dust | L |
| And the wind blows the dust astray | D |
| Hollow trousers walking astray | D |
| Wanderers refuge hanging about | B2 |
| In His name they came | C2 |
| In His name they game d | N |
| In His name they steal | D2 |
| In His name they kill | E2 |
| Isn't evil runs like erosion | I |
| Where's its foundation | I |
| Evils chased cloud in trousers away | D |
| Dawned wickedly this deadly day | D |
| Oh Black woman arise | Y |
| Take your bath | F2 |
| Paint your face | G2 |
| Fill your space | G2 |
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| Ecelebrants European powers | H2 |
Promise Ita Okpohoudeme
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Poet's note: Recounting the mistakes made during the colonial period in Africa.
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