Analysis of A Normal working day in Lagos
A Normal working day in Lagos
Waking up very early in the morning
To face the incessant trouble in Lagos
To the noise and chatter in my hood
Seeing different people racing against time to prep
Getting ready for work
Leaving your comfort zone
Getting on the street of Lagos
Queuing at the bus transit
Waiting for early morning bus to hop on
A bus sighted from afar
A lot of passengers rushing to hop on first
A normal transportation means turned to a struggle for the fittest
As the saying goes “na JJC dey wait for bus old taker go run catch am nii”
Finally catching the bus
You have to pray against the spirit of traffic
Because Lagos traffic is another disaster every Lagos residents pray against
On the road you pray against the unfortunate ones who are just vexed for no reason
These set of people just wake up to get angry at other people, there is a cure for them though just match their energy with “Lagosian madness”
It solves a lot of problems on the street of Lagos
Finally getting to work,
You as a Lagos worker, working 9-5pm but spending more than 12hrs on the road for no reason but traffic
Closing at the regular time for workers 5pm getting back to the traffic you left in the morning
A total waste of time and energy
A summary of what Lagos residents pass through on a normal working day
And people praise Lagos for being a good state
Is Lagos really a good state? Or a hell on earth
Well I guess we will never know
Or we know, we aren’t just ready to admit it
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101010 10110100010 11001010010 101010011 10100101001111 101011 101101 10101110 1010110 10110101111 0110101 011100101111 0100101110101010 1010111111111011111 1001001 111101010110 011010101001010010100101 101110100100111111110 1111011111101101011011111111001110 1101110101110 1001011 110101010111101111011110110 10101001110111011010110010 0101110100 01001110100111010101 010110110011 1101001110111 11111101 1111101101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,517 |
Words | 311 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 9, 3, 3, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 41 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
About this poem
This poem is about the troubles and ordeals every Lagos residents pass through on a daily basis
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