BLACK IS BEAUTIFUL
Brother kwaku Bright 2000 (Kasoa)
Black is beautiful
Black is cherished
When I see people bleaching their skin
I cry deeply for they are losing a precious identity
I look closely to myself
I feel proud for I am black
Fruit if inheritance from our ancestors
How they cherished their colour
Black is beautiful
But how this generation hates their given identity
Destroying the footsteps that portrays them
Yet cherished by non blacks
I pity for my generation
Black is beautiful
About this poem
Letting people know the important of having your colour as your identity
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Written on June 28, 2019
Submitted by kwakubright220 on December 11, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axxb xxxxA bxxxA |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 457 |
Words | 81 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5 |
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