Alankar(Decor)-255

That Great Man(Blues Sonnet) The Blues Sonnet is derived from the Afro-American, melancholia music or lamentation. It is a triplet form (Three rhyming lines) with lines 1 and 2 rhyme repeating and line 3 bringing the stanza to a climax in a manner similar to the Haiku. Purists state the meter should be Iambic Pentameter, (IP) , but others argue that IP is an English poetry form and Afro-Americans had no concept of it and it should be left to the poet to "do yo thang". The Rhyme scheme is thus: A. A. a. … B. B. b. … C. C. c. … D. D. d. … e. e.. Note: African-American writer Ralph Ellison said that although the blues are often about struggle and depression, they are also full of determination to overcome difficulty "through sheer toughness of spirit." This resilience in the face of hardship is one of the hallmarks of the blues poem. That Great Man(Blues Sonnet) That man was loved by all in this country Truly was loved by all in our country As he fought for our country's victory That great man who followed nonviolence By whose righteous path of nonviolence Our great nation gained its independence That great man whose vision of three monkeys 'See, speak, hear no evil'..preach those monkeys Is of a great moral with no bad keys But that man when shot to death..God, oh God When Godse shot him to death...God, oh God That great man...he's gone my Lord..oh my Lord He's Mahatma Gandhi, our great father May he bless us from heaven though farther