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African Rape of Democracy

African rape of democracy She is citadel of beauty, Crown in all nature bulden Nature made her, her blessing of duty Atlantic, Equator, desert are beauty then They came in Khaki and iron Rape her raining to harmattan season Emptied, she is made in the sun Her natural endowment with no qualms Africans weep, weep Africans with folded arlms The rape have her of a daughter in disarms Democracy a daughter of rape They took to alt democracy in scope Behind the khaki and iron They promise a fresh face, fine con But in disguise and vacuity Democracy is rape by without in pathy Their companions family autocracy Friends, relations said monocracy. The rape anchor family, friends bereauecrate Democracy poor beauty she given to tract My heart weep, the horn of ship which gain Of miscarriage that goes to ocean The iron fish not swallow OK, that obtain? Ocean iron fish and the rapist Have a hand in this pist Who thought the rapist the way of ocean? Theme of the above poem (1) Natural blessing (2) Rape: destroying what has been (3) Coup (4) Exploitation (5) Continuation of been in power in African Note: This is a free verse poem of about 26 lines arrange in 4 stanzas, starting with stanza one that has 4 lines the rest 6 and so on, stanzas arrange in climax order. The poem has a rhyming scheme of Ab Ab in stanzas 1 and stanza 2 with ccc ddd, etc Reason: This poem is written in the of African leader who are always coming into giver by coop (Stanza 2 line 1) they came in khaki and iron and there sit tight attitudes and how they carry African resources to other countries not developing their own states and country stanza 4 line 6 Place of writing: Igoni goni Message: (1) African leaders should not be the sit tight leaders (2) That African leaders love taking African resource over sea for them to enjoy an Africa the people without love and causes scarcity of food.

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