The Men Painted As Devils Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBB DBBB EEFF GGGG HHII GJJG HHHH JJII HGGH| On Facebook I read about the men called devils | A |
| The men in black are painted as thorns to the nation | B |
| Police officers always painted as evil | C |
| Although it was tagged a fiction | B |
| Why not use judiciously your diction to change the narration | B |
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| What do you expect when some parents see the force as a rehab | D |
| Can a curled dried fish be straightened unbroken | B |
| When possessors of morals distance themselves from being chosen | B |
| Or those qualified are left unchosen | B |
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| The force is like a mirror of the society | E |
| Reflecting the different behaviours in our society | E |
| As we have the good so we have the bad | F |
| Is it all those men that are bad | F |
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| In the rain they are thoroughly drenched | G |
| While others are in their shelters unwrecked | G |
| They remain under the scorching sun not benched | G |
| And in harmattan they're uncovered without even a shirt round necked | G |
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| From North to South they are called with different names | H |
| From East to West described with idiotic and nonsensical memes | H |
| Most people prefer killing a policeman to killing a snake | I |
| Is it not blood that runs in their veins for goodness' sake | I |
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| But when in trouble they are the first to be called | G |
| Where others withdraw from they enter | J |
| Does the lives of those that paid the supreme price not matter | J |
| Are these men that bad as they are called | G |
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| Who has written any good thing about the police force | H |
| Or about the widows whose husbands were slain by armed robbers | H |
| Or about the plight of the orphans whose fathers were gunned down by kidnappers | H |
| Or about the sufferings of the kith and kin of those members of the force | H |
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| Haven't you heard of the Super Cop Abba Kyari | J |
| His name has been inscribed in many people's diary | J |
| Do you know Francis Bissong | I |
| PSSA EX COP will always remember him like a hit song | I |
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| Tell the citizens we have new Sheriffs | H |
| The Regulars are now on board | G |
| Righting the wrong is the watchword | G |
| We are blowing the melodious wind of change like guitar riffs | H |
Taofeeq B. Ajadi
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