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Read the oral poem below and answer the questions that follow.
THE MOP by Gathem Gathemia
What more do you see in me?
What more but a mop to be used.
To wash once you have fed.
What more do you see in me?
What more but a fridge.
To store all your garbage ideas.
What more do you see in me?
What more but a dummy recorder.
To reproduce the dictates of your tyranny.
What more do you see in me?
What more but a soft object
To toy with whenever you want game
What more do you see in me.
(Adapted from Echoes Across the Valley by A. Luvai and K. Makokha (Eds): EAEP)
Questions:
i. Describe the rhyme scheme in this poem.

ii. Identify and illustrate a sound pattern in the poem above.

Answer Text:
i. Describe the rhyme scheme in this poem.
The rhyme scheme is abbacdaefagha. It is irregular rhyme scheme.
ii. Identify and illustrate a sound pattern in the poem above.
Assonance –In third stanza third line, soft object, sound /o/
- Last stanza second line. To reproduce the dictates of your tyranny. The sound /i/
Alliteration – In the last stanza third line. To toy with whenever you want game. The sound /t/