Analysis of Our Sirens Are Wailing
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are wailing
Lamenting low current
DISCOs
Our bulbs are dancing disco
popping filament
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are wailing
Mourning rancid foodstuffs
damaged household appliances and electronics
factory equipment and machinery
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are wailing
Our neighbourhood sirens are mourning
GENCOs
TCN
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are silent
National grid collapse
Power failure
GENCOs
TCN
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are wailing
Not for the dead but the living
GENCOs
TCN
DISCOs
Our neighbourhood sirens are mourning
Not for the dead but the living
- Afolabi Adesanya
(c) 2022 Afolabi Adesanya
| Scheme | ABcAdcABefgABBAHAcijAHABBAHABBkk |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 10110110 010110 10 10111010 10100 10 10110110 10101 10101000010 10001000100 10 10110110 10110110 1 1 10 10110110 100101 1010 1 1 10 10110110 11011010 1 1 10 10110110 11011010 11 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 659 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 32 |
| Lines Amount | 32 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 560 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 96 |
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Written on April 07, 2022
Submitted by Afolabi on April 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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