The Sacrificial Lamb Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EFGH IGFJ KLMN AOPJ QRSTI was the opener of the womb | A |
My cry was heard by my household | B |
It was painful and joyful | C |
They were on cloud nine | D |
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As I grew up | E |
Expectations mock me | F |
The sailing storm and raging wind | G |
Shook my ship | H |
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I was almost drown and swallowed | I |
Confusion and questions cloud my mind | G |
It dawn on me | F |
Am at the altar of sacrifice | J |
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As a guiding star leads | K |
I am a ray of hope | L |
The sunshine that lights mother Earth | M |
The moonlight that shuns darkness at night | N |
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Just as I opened the womb | A |
I must set the pace | O |
To receive the prize | P |
I must pay the price | J |
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I wonder if I would be sold or given out | Q |
I am in the prison of tradition | R |
About to be executed | S |
Alas It's my fate | T |
Queen Shalom Ebere Anthony
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 10/20/2020
Poet's note: This poem mirrors the travails and struggles of the first child in the African family. They are saddle with great task and responsibilities forgetting their personal dreams. Every first child is a pace setter and must lead the path for others to follow. They are a sacrificial lamb in the altar of tradition and cannot complain but accept their fate.
This poem is dedicated to every first child.
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