Spirits Unbroken
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HexSonnetta
The HexSonnetta, created by Andrea Dietrich, consists of two six-line stanzas and a finishing rhyming couplet with the following set of rules: Six syllables per line,
Rhyme Scheme: a/bb/aa/b c/dd/cc/d ee
"History's more than a collection of facts...it's about people" by poet.
Black people were stolen,
trodden on and beaten.
Classified a cretin
like an ape in a zoo,
oft whipped and branded too,
some were even eaten.
They were worked until bent,
their heritage was mocked.
Runaway slaves were stalked;
fleeing chains and torment
death was a nonevent,
their every escape, blocked.
Their spirits unbroken,
black hopes have awoken.
Copyright © Emile Pinet | Year Posted 2021
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