Analysis of Being an African a curse?
Sweating and toiling for our daily bread
yet we cannot lay our back to rest
because of the cross we have to bear
sharing from the burden of our ancestors
moving forward and backward without a pause Fighting for an unknown cause
Is being a descendant of Africa a curse?
Like a mist in the early morning
We are blinded by our agony and suffering
Pain and hunger visit us daily
The rulers rule without pity
The people serve with bitterness
We are deprived of our rights
Colonized by the modern colonial masters
Our black skin leaders with black hearts Unleashing terror and hell on us
killing our individual dreams Without remorse
Lost in the mist I ask myself over and over again Is being a descendant of Africa a curse?
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| Metre | 10010110101 1110110111 011011111 10101011010 101001001011011011 1100010110001 101001010 11101101000100 101010110 01010110 01011100 11011101 101010010010 101110111010100111 1010010010101 100111110010011100010110001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 733 |
| Words | 141 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 37 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 586 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
About this poem
The poem is satirical one and it’s about the modern African society how people in Africa suffered from bad leadership using Nigeria as a case study
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Written on February 19, 2022
Submitted by Abrahammicheal632 on April 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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