Analysis of Murderer
Uberu Abidemi 1988 (Lagos)
I've been put on trial,
Cuffed and stood before my lord.
My crime,
I have not the faintest idea.
The cuffs fit perfectly though,
And all too familiar
Cos I have felt cuffed almost
All my life.
That's why I had to
Murder them,
Murder all of my memories,
And bury them far from freedom.
"Guilty as charged"
I heard my lord muster,
Though my crime,
I have not the faintest idea.
| Scheme | xxaB xcxx xxxx xcaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110 1010111 11 111010010 0111001 011010 111111 111 11111 101 10111100 01011110 1011 111110 111 111010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 371 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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