Analysis of Where was it born?
Princess Mokoena 2000 (Mpumalanga)
Where was it born?
Some say it was born in ancient Greece,
Some say it was born in those having voluminous minds,
Some say it was born in colossal words,
But I say it was born from the inner me
It runs all over my blood
It flows through my veins
It developed in my spirit
Yes, it lives in me
It is me the poet
Born in Africa
Africa of substantial races
Africa of true nature
Where rivers flow without asking any direction,
Where trees are blossoming and grass so green
Where your soul can be pacified by the voices of birds
Oh! I was born in an ebullient world
Filled with whooping children for joy
Filled with wailing youth for freedom
Everyone so vivacious and vitality
The poet was born from a vicious world
Where people chuckle behind her back
Trynna cessant the dream within
It strikes, like thunder penetrating through the roof
Certifying that it wasn't capitulated
It vindicate all over the world
Whispering the spirit of poetry
I am imbongi, umlobi
Born in Mpumalanga
The place of the rising sun!!
Scheme | X XXAB XXCB CDXXEXA FXXB FXXXXFB XDE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 1111 111110101 11111011001001 1111100101 11111110101 1111011 11111 10100110 11101 111010 10100 100101010 1001110 1101011010010 1111000111 1111110101011 1111010101 11101011 11101110 10101000100 0101110101 110100101 110101 11110100101 10011100100 110011001 1000101100 1111 101 0110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,012 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 7, 4, 7, 3 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
The poem tells us about the origin of the poet. It also tells us about the beauty of the place where the poet lives,the struggled she faced and the confidence she has.
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Written on April 26, 2021
Submitted by princesscecilia24 on June 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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