I am Africa
Bradley Kutloano Mokgabudi 2002 (South Africa)
I am the father the empire
Of crowns and thrones, light of fire
A no match for no men alive
As handsome won't be another man alike
Regrets collide mistakes like fathers
Love is evil I gave many mothers
I was a boy before a man emerged
To an image of a great people sabotaged
For a fearsome face by a smart face
Of envy and all evilness on trays
Served ways to dividing and conquering
Peace in-between mothers went conjuring
Leaving I the great oak confused
So branchless and my wealth juiced,
For greed will never have Africas
By virtu royalty is loyal to Africas.
About this poem
This poem is about Africa and how it was divided into multiple countries by foreign settlers whom saw its values and beliefs then stole what was not theirs but what was Africas.
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Written on March 28, 2024
Submitted by thewolfbradley7 on March 28, 2024
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXX BBCX XXDD XCBB |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 568 |
Words | 111 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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