Analysis of the thief
Meshack Bwoyele Keya 1960 (Vihiga)
stolen fruit is sweeter
i want to know that for sure
do you agree
so you want to say
and I cannot negate there
bought fruit is bitter
where does the bitterness originate
maybe it is familiarity
I heard it breeds contempt
stolen fruit may not be sweet
you only make it so
just because
you are but one thing
A THIEF!
| Scheme | ABCDEAFCGHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 1111111 1101 11111 0110011 11110 110100010 10110100 111101 1011111 110111 101 11111 01 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 510 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 252 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 62 |
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A THIEF always justifies his actions
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