God Save The Children Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCDEF GHIJKLMN OPQRSTUV WXYRZ A2 B2C2D2EE2F2 G2QH2LI2D2 IMJ2K2L2 M2D2N2O2IP2| Last night I went to da club | A |
| With my African brothers and sisters we gyrated to our music | B |
| Dressed immaculate they looked out of this world | C |
| There goes my people I said enjoying their sweat and toil | D |
| I had fifty dollars on me I bought myself a night of joy | E |
| The hiatus from a prosaic servitude | F |
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| I woke up this morning struggling through a hangover | G |
| Flipping through the channels of my flat screen | H |
| ABC feed the children program catches my attention | I |
| A minute of watching I flip past | J |
| I know these pictures first hand | K |
| But I shun to watch them again | L |
| They are pictures of me | M |
| I guess I am just like all my people selfish inside | N |
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| My heart aches I have a feeling inside that tears me apart | O |
| I flip back to watch the suffering African child | P |
| The White American pleads with me for nine dollars | Q |
| I know I can do it but why don't I | R |
| Why don't they tears run down | S |
| I like many others abandoned my patriotism | T |
| Left home to pursue a dream to better life | U |
| I live it spend it and never give it back | V |
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| God gives us the calls and gives us the blessings | W |
| When we accept them we hope to do the best to serve him | X |
| Always we phenomenally forget our purposes | Y |
| And we let the world and its opportunities roll by | R |
| This unfortunate world we live in and not learn | Z |
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| If we all gave a tear drop for our problems | A2 |
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| Wouldn't we fill up a dam for the world to drink | B2 |
| If we all gave up a meal a day | C2 |
| Wouldn't we eliminate hunger in a world that needs us | D2 |
| If we would all give up a night of joy | E |
| I know I know we can illuminate | E2 |
| This sad universe with a wide smile | F2 |
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| How I wish God could bless only those who heed his calls | G2 |
| Those who give selflessly to the world beyond their borders | Q |
| Those who give hope even to a world that forgets itself | H2 |
| I know my father meant to teach when | L |
| He told me to be good to those I leave behind | I2 |
| Because where I go it's darkness | D2 |
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| Today I feel challenged as an African | I |
| I keep running from my problems who will solve them for me | M |
| I keep pretending everything is alright | J2 |
| But cover my face when it's time to look at life in the face | K2 |
| Cowards African cowards we need to rise up to the challenge | L2 |
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| We run away from the rulers of doom | M2 |
| Give up our birth right to treachery and cowardice | D2 |
| We land in the land of beauty beautify it we do | N2 |
| We blind our imagination to the bright lights | O2 |
| So down goes our dreams our children | I |
| The future of the Dark Continent | P2 |
Seke Bharu
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