Lakayana's Reflection Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: A A B C D E C C F G A H I A J B K G H H C| In my boyhood said Lakayana | A |
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| Looking at the horizon | A |
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| Where skyscrapers met the eye | B |
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| Made remember | C |
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| Once upon a time a spear | D |
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| His spear sticking outside his Manyatta hut | E |
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| All went with the river | C |
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| Forgotten as the river | C |
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| I used to watch my reflection in the water while the cows drunk | F |
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| I killed an attacking lion once on the plains | G |
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| All the girls danced around me then | A |
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| I became a man and | H |
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| A man could choose | I |
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| Then | A |
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| Ah in my youth he sighed | J |
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| Straightening his striped tie | B |
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| Stretching and yawning | K |
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| Lions still roamed the plains | G |
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| Men were noble and wise and | H |
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| Women were women and | H |
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| You could see your reflection in the water | C |
Wanjiru Kinyanjui
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