Analysis of The foe beside you
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
You smite him not
Yet he eats you most
You live and fare with him
Yet to know his intentions no whim
He is the dear one of you
Hating him a terrible hue
The meal, you share
Thus suspecting, rare
He laments while with you
Howling in flamboyance hitherto subdue
But will you abide with the devil
Belaying as buddy for you to marvel?
Beware of thine enemies
Be not you to give ‘em chance
© GIDRAF MWANGI
| Scheme | XX AA BB CC BB DD XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111 11111 110111 111101011 1101111 10101001 0111 10101 101111 1000101101 111011010 111011110 0111100 1111111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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