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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