Analysis of At last!

Kennedy Mwangi 1998 (Nairobi)



I tried to scream, but this time my voice failed me,
I tried to run, but my legs could no longer save me,
I tried praying, but even prayers couldn't comfort me,
I tried so hard, but all my efforts couldn't help me,
My time had come, my past had eventually caught up with me,
All the demons I spent years hiding from, they had finally traced me
All the pain I spent years trying to shut out, was once again getting ready to stab me,
All the thoughts I buried six feet under had risen and getting ready to torment me,
My entire life I  kept running so fast, but it seems like fate caught up with me at last.
In this race I thought I'd finish first, but the weight from my past will drag me all the way to last.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111111111 1111111111011 1110110110101 1111111101011 1111111010001111 10101111011110011 1011111011111011010111 101110111011001010111 1010111101111111111111 01111110110111111110111
Characters 709
Words 151
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 54
Words per line (avg) 14
Letters per stanza (avg) 544
Words per stanza (avg) 144

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I tried running.

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Written on May 14, 2022

Submitted by kentykhalif on May 14, 2022

Modified by kentykhalif on May 14, 2022

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Kennedy Mwangi

Gemini. Born and raised in Nairobi, Kenya. Bsc, Biochemistry. more…

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