Analysis of Do not declare me dead
I hear those voices!
Sirens deep voice speaking to me,
I run trying to escape oh God they have found me !
This isn't me cz too long they've taken me,
This isn't me cz I do not exist .
Pulling me from all direction i do not resist
The anger in me has lowered no longer a beast
But still don't deserve ropes on my wrists i still breathe .
If I were long gone would be atleast
I rest I rest cause I been over powered ..
Oh god not a asking for strength peaceful death instead,
Atleast not on the streets may I be taken to my homestead,
Oh ancestors welcome my soul here I'm approaching ,
My heart is torned am approaching It am couching not coping the pain is real not faking ,
Oh they've killed me I no longer exist
Take my body home I'm from the
Eastern !
That's a bit too far atleast take me to the Cape
Unlimit those speeds spin those wheels home I wanna be ,
No take a U-turn i no longer wanna be a t the cape
Cannot utter anymore am losing my breath ,
My soul and body are in division
But if I die make a combine of Eastern plus the Cape
An equation to the Eastern Cape .
Mind you the roads by now are ungravelled
Rush me home my hole is awaiting
Oh divide my skeletons cz the other half belongs to my husband
Blurry as I see who are these people
Who are you ?who are you?
No answers maybe am on mute
Untrue this is don't wanna be a mule
Do not declare me dead i'm alive
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 10111011 1110101111111 11011111101 1101111101 1011101011101 0100111011001 111011111111 11011111 11111111010 1110101110101 1110111110111 110101111010 1111101011101100111110 1111111001 11101110 10 10111111101 11111111101 1101111101010101 10100111011 1101010010 11111010110101 101010101 11011111 111111010 101110010101011110 1011111110 111111 11010111 0111110101 110111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,389 |
Words | 307 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 10, 7, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
About this poem
A young African woman is trafficked to a foreign country. By the "do not declare me dead" she's literally begging not to be killed atleast
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Written on August 20, 2022
Submitted by phelokazinohlaka on August 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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