Midway by Naomi Long Madgett In each stanza, the poet told about an African American's struggle for freedom and equality. I've come this for to freedom and I won't turn back I'm climbing to the highway from my old dirt track I'm coming and I'm going And I'm stretching and I'm growing h And I'll reap what I've been sowing or my skin's not black. I've prayed and slaved and waited and l've sung my song You've bled me and you've starved me but I've still grown strong You've lashed me and you've treed me And you've everything but freed me But in time you'll know you need me and it won't be long. The poet used a different rhyme scheme in each stanza. The poet used meter to give the poem a songlike rhythm. I've seen the daylight breaking high above the bough I've found my destination and I've made my vow: So whether you abhor me Or deilde me or ignore me Mighty mountains loom before me and I won't stop now. In the first and last stanzas, the poet created images of someone on a challenging journey