Analysis of Voices
Sia Mariti 1994 (Maseru)
See yourself child
The beauty of the night sky calls you forth,
To peer into rivers where ancient stories are told.
Of life bearers who climbed the sacred hills with word and sword
To slay the tyranny and ills of dusk concieving an eon
Hear yourself child
Your voices are seeded deep,
Beneath the rivers of confusion keeping you from seeing
Heed the the rhythm of your heart and the silence of the secrets revealing
The roots of your divinity and truths hidden under lies in history
Recognize yourself child
On faces long packed away by time
Feel your skin on which our valiant youth and intent vibrate
Know that this is no mistake
and even all the trumpets sound:
WE ARE YOU, as mighty as we eternally remain!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 0101011111 1101101101011 11101101011101 11010001111110 1011 1101101 010101010101110 1001011100101010010 0111010001101010100 10011 110110111 111111010100110 1111101 01010101 11111011010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 697 |
Words | 129 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Written on June 17, 2016
Submitted by Millymmariti on October 21, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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