Analysis of Facing the headmaster!
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I sneak in noiselessly
Fearing to arouse purported snake
Are all the stories true? I ponder
Are you scared at first sight?
There sat the headmaster
Waiting like a wolf
Preparing to attack an elephant
‘In hell?’ I wonder
On your hind legs, fores back!
Fall back into the recess
‘Hurt not the fat sooty spider!’
I add imaginarily!
Your hair is ruffled
Scuffled with a comb today?
Your jacket is flared
Scare not the civilized!
Though un-exhausted
A strange smell reeks the air
Think your stink is fair?
Sony! How can you dare!
I couldn’t stand it any longer
The bloodshot cold eyes
The whip menacing and eager
I ran out shakily like ripples
© GIDRAF MWANGI
| Scheme | AXBX BXXB XXBA XXXX XCCC BXBX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 101010101 110101110 111111 110110 10101 0101011100 01110 111111 1101001 11011010 111 11110 1010101 11011 11010 11010 011101 11111 101111 11111010 0111 01100010 1111110 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 641 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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