Analysis of LIFE
Life! A chronicle that is to be told of man
The epoch of reality
A classic beauty of creation
Invincible to the might of all living creatures
I remain unknown to the clan of absurdity
Peasants search for companionship
Boarded me to the realm of humanity
Concealed in their assent without my consent
While I flipped amidst the boundless ocean of chaos
With massive intellect guided by passive outlaws
I! Like a bow shooting the enigmatic arrows
At life ……… not the living
Why are the winds like a wounded lion?
Almost denying it pact with nature
As I breathe it breathe in ignorance
Sometimes I wonder how we live in bravery
My subtle soul laced me to the lake of legends
In a solitary state to find the true definition
Of bloodless sinews and harkened heart
In a stagnant skin beneath the island of incarceration
Life indeed…….. Individuals’ manner of existence
The fortress of my future fortunes
To live and die in nature, then exist eternal
Dwelling in serenity of OLODUMARE!
Scheme | XABX AXAX XXXX BCDA XBXB DXXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101001111111 010110 010101010 0100101111010 1010110110100 1011010 10110110100 01010101101 1110101010110 11010101101 110110001010 111010 1101101010 101011110 111110100 011101110100 110111101110 0010011101010 1101011 001010101010010 1010100101010 010111010 1101010101010 100010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 972 |
Words | 172 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
This poem was written in 2005 reflecting on the moral decadence in the society and the supposed perception on the veracity of biological weaponry as a tool for population control.
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Written on March 04, 2004
Submitted by olusesan_a on August 16, 2021
Modified on March 17, 2023
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