A Dirge For My Land Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBAACDEFGHIJHJAKL MNONAEPQRSAKO AH| We are under a shining sun | A |
| That brings no ease to build | B |
| We are under the falling rain | C |
| Yet we have no water to build | B |
| We gathered sand to build | B |
| Yet scattered by erosion | A |
| We mould our blocks but broken | A |
| Our land is drained by rain | C |
| Yet we gathered my sons | D |
| Our labourers are full of laughter | E |
| But we knocked ourselves in to weep | F |
| Like a lamentation for the bereaved | G |
| Our builders are not happy | H |
| For their labor is not shown | I |
| Should we talk about the cracking of our wall | J |
| That took away daughters of destiny | H |
| Should we talk about the broken of our wall | J |
| That killed men of vision | A |
| Sons of hero are no more | K |
| For their works are labor lost | L |
| The labourers says within themselves | M |
| Either you build or not | N |
| Our wages is granted | O |
| Either it breaks or not | N |
| Our salary is certain | A |
| The works of our builder | E |
| Is Like that of water and basket | P |
| They gather blocks to mould | Q |
| Yet all prevail against their images | R |
| Where is the founder of this land | S |
| Does our father see our present condition | A |
| I hope they have slept or no more | K |
| If not our building would have succeeded | O |
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| Written by Tijani Success Oladotun | A |
| Senator Dee | H |
Tijani Success Oladotun
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