Analysis of Rainbow in the Dark
The promising sun has set in the east
and despair accompanies her to bed
her pleasant past has turned a bloody feast
and the world around her a crimson red.
Did ignorance make her forfeit her right?
Is this a home where she is an outcast?
Perhaps the treasure is not worth a fight
as her possession is priceless and vast.
They call her second-class and a mere thing
even when her wisdom outshines their grey hair.
Her offence: she raises her voice to sing
that those that sit at table be just and fair.
In her sleep, Ngozi heaves a gentle sigh
as clouds unveil a rainbow in the sky.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGG |
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Poetic Form | Shakespearean Sonnet |
Metre | 0100111001 0010100011 0101110101 0010100101 1100101001 110111111 0101011101 1001011001 1101010011 1010101111 011100111 11111101101 001110101 110101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 586 |
Words | 120 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 462 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 111 |
About this poem
*Rainbow in the Dark* depicts the challenges faced by the African woman in a male-dominated society. She is silenced. Despite her qualifications, she is not allowed to have a say in family matters. However, with the campaign for women's emancipation, the African woman's hope for liberation seems imminent.
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Written on February 11, 2022
Submitted by kennethefeh on February 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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