My africa
Charles Dickens 1812 ( Portsmouth) – 1870 (Gads Hill Place)
My root is Africa,
A true home known only by few,
The home of many great men,
Men of great dreams and ambitions,
The home which men run from,
Men searching for opportunities,
Opportunities made only for a few,
The few who sacrifice life for food,
And many passed away by the things they know,
And only few live for things they know not,
Oh, brothers of the mother land,
Our home is so lonely and hungry,
So hungry for freedom and peace,
The peace of brotherliness,
Make haste my brothers,
While the sun shines.
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Submitted on November 28, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 496 |
Words | 95 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 4, 2, 4, 2 |
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