The strange land



     THE STRANGE LAND

No one comes back
After going into that
Strange land

That strange land
Meant only for the whites
That strange land
Clearly designed for the unique people

Back in those days!
Especially in the days of our forefathers
The blacks were buried
In the great Atlantic ocean

In that strange land
The blacks irritates
The blacks looks strong enough
The blacks were sold
The blacks were kept
    In a dark room
The blacks could not see the light
Their eyes almost pulling out of its sockets
Because of hunger.

In that strange land
The blacks were just a mere tools
In great pains
The blacks cried
Hoping they would be free at last!

Freedom! Freedom!! Freedom!!!
The blacks cried for silently
 "Save our generations"
The blacks pleaded.

Work-Work all days
Without food
The blacks began to look thin-
Thin-thin-thin!
Like a broom stick

In that strange land
The blacks were not wanted
The blacks smelled
The blacks color stained the whites.
    "Ush! Touch not"
Your black doesn't comes off
The whites cried out with a mischievous smile.

In that strange land
The whites like saints to the blacks
Deep down inside of them
They were covered with darkness.

About this poem

This poem is all about the discrimination, humiliations we the blacks faced in the hands of the whites. This poem will take us back to the past , with imagination and deep understanding after reading we can easily tell the pains our forefathers had to pass through till death.

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Written on September 19, 2022

Submitted by adebeshindeborah8 on September 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme a xxa AbAx cxxx Axxxxxxxx Axxxx xxxd cxeex Adxbxxx Axxx
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,176
Words 222
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 4, 4, 9, 5, 4, 5, 7, 4

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