Analysis of OH TELL THEM



Tell the poets to speak
let their inks be heard
for they aren't beautiful liar's
who's words are pregnant
but the voice to the common

Tell the writers to write
the deeds of our leaders
tell them our fate is in their inks
for they're our hands

Let they twenty six alphabets
become words for letter's
which will speak to our leaders
reminding them of true leadership

Let the pregnant words of a poet
be sent to our leaders
let there meanings be read to them
for an understanding of our pains

Let the wisdom
of their inks be poured
upon the heads of our leaders
that our anthem lyrics will be remembered

Oh tell the poets
tell the writers
they're our voice.


Scheme XABXX XBBB BBBX XBXB XXBA BBB
Poetic Form
Metre 101011 11111 11101001 11110 1011010 101011 0111010 111011011 11101 111011 01111 11111010 01011110 101011010 1111010 11101111 110101101 1010 11111 010111010 110101011010 11010 1010 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 659
Words 128
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

It's a poem asking Poets and writers to remind the government of the day about their promise it tells them to stop their evil ways and fight for what they were elected for .

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Written on August 08, 2020

Submitted by Godcanirek on August 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Godcan Irek

Godcan Irek is a 19 year old teenage aspiring Poet and Writer . He is from Cross River State Nigeria Lives in Lagos Nigeria more…

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