Is Mallam a victim or villain?



Is Mallam Isa a victim or villain?
Charged with theft,Oh! what a legal slain;
A villain for the mishandling of the mysterious bag,
And a victim to the Kuffour's strange political tag.
"Absolute zero tolerance for corruption",he boldly remarked.
A mistakable policy he has dangerously embarked.

For he who dwells in a political mansion full of glass,
Should not have irrespective of his political class,
Deliberately thrown at any direction a political stone.
Which would suddenly evoke a new political tone.

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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAABB CCDD
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 498
Words 83
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 6, 4

Shamsudeen Salifu

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