Analysis of To Be A Beast
Ebenezer Ayidana 1995 (Kumasi)
I want to be a beast
For beasts are fully unleashed
True to their design, to their creator
Not less or even greater.
I want to be a beast
For beasts are joyfully released
From the bondage of doubt
Excuses and more, they are without.
I want to be a beast
For beasts just are, not great or least
Unlike me, the great human animal
Great I am, but my reality minimal.
I want to be a beast
For beasts are relentless to feast
Oh my dreams, I so desire your reality
Before the twilight of my mortality.
I want to be a beast
For beasts will comb the entire east,
Just to find their one desire,
Oh my dreams, my heart burns as fire.
I want to be a beast
For beasts will not be ceased,
Oh my dreams, I come now as a monster
As a beast, to shape you now, not later.
Scheme | Axbb Aacc Aadd Aaee Aabb Aabb |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (83%) |
Metre | 111101 1111001 1110111010 1111010 111101 11110001 101011 010011101 111101 11111111 0110110100 1111110100 111101 11101011 11111010110 0101110100 111101 111100101 11111010 111111110 111101 111111 1111111010 1011111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 760 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
This poem is about the often unfulfilled potential of the average human being. By digging deep into out primitive side, we all can be relentless and single-minded (as "beasts") to achieve greatness.
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Written on February 24, 2022
Submitted by winningbill1000 on February 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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