A Dirge For My Land Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCBBAACDEFGHIJHJAKL MNONAEPQRSAKO AHWe 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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