If I Die Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEFG AHIJKLM ANOMPQROS ATUVLWXU AYZA2B2XXIG ABC2D2MC2D2| If I die | A |
| I want to be buried in a thousand pages | B |
| Where my soul will be captured | C |
| On every leave like a portrait | D |
| On the walls of people's minds | E |
| And deep down across | F |
| The valleys of their hearts | G |
| - | |
| If I die | A |
| Bury me not in a coffin | H |
| I want to be carried shoulder height | I |
| By a million words of | J |
| hatred and lust | K |
| kindness and evil | L |
| death and life | M |
| - | |
| If I die | A |
| Bury me in a book | N |
| That never dies | O |
| Authored by JYF | M |
| So that my spirit will flag | P |
| Amongst the living ghosts | Q |
| On the surface of earth | R |
| And beyond the deep blue skies | O |
| Floating on the dark seas | S |
| - | |
| If I die | A |
| I want to be amongst those | T |
| Who live forever | U |
| With my soul lingering | V |
| In the hearts of people | L |
| I may be gone but not my words | W |
| shall unceasingly flow | X |
| Through the past and future | U |
| - | |
| If I die | A |
| I want to be carried away | Y |
| By the humming of a million poets | Z |
| Singing by the rivers of Babylon | A2 |
| As my soulless body lays to rest | B2 |
| By the still waters of Jerusalem and Jericho | X |
| Hear my voice echo | X |
| Silently each day and night | I |
| Singing of the bravery of great arts | G |
| - | |
| If I die | A |
| I want to be buried under branches | B |
| With a billion pots | C2 |
| So the ink from my decomposed body | D2 |
| Can nourish it back to life | M |
| Yield a billion treasure pots | C2 |
| And that tree shall be called poetry | D2 |
S Kojo Frimpong
(C) All Rights Reserved. Poem Submitted on 09/06/2020
Poet's note: So many times I think of life and what it has to offer, I realise life has so much to offer but death too has its own offers. Therefore I went deep into myself and tried emphasizing on how my death could be and what might happen after I am called to glory or if I am called to glory.
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