Analysis of Uphill Benue
Simon Valentine 1996 (Abeokuta South)
Uphill Benue
The sunset sketched our car so perfect
Even relentless while we climbed to Benue
Our emotions discussed with our thoughts
Even though our belief mediated for truce
Uphill Benue
Our sight is recited again by the distance
And our prearranged pleasantry waited in patience
On motion with emotions we're packed
The sense of fufilling a profitable clarion call
Uphill Benue
Barrows are accompanied bumper to bumper
By worn-out men wrapped in patched sacks
And women dragging along hoes and children
With footwears that expose the history of her melancholy
Uphill Benue
Where the pride of the driveway is littered with punctures
And the truth of leadership weaved only into signposts
As we match on wheels to the progress of fate
The taste of our own victory becomes our cool breeze
Uphill Benue
Where the trees witness our journey
And still fed our eyes with the fruits of life
With the chant of bathed cassava inhaled
We remember the slogan that she has earned
Uphill Benue
Where we rushed in slow speed to points
Where the military in whiles punctuate our scores
The scores that remind us of that waiting place
Such place where we all wanted to be.
.............Valentine...................
Scheme | AbacdAeefgAhiajAklmnAaopqArstja |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 011101101 1001011111 10010011101 101100110011 111 1011010011010 0100110010010 110101011 0111010001001 111 101010010110 11111011 01010011010 11101010010100 111 101101110110 001110110011 1111110111 011101100011011 111 101101010 01110110111 10111101 10100101111 111 11101111 101000110101 01101111101 111111011 10 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,203 |
Words | 205 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 31 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 965 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 201 |
About this poem
A poetic art piece that reflects an "on journey" experience to a function in Benue state. The mood reflects the mind state of our environment and its influence on our thought process.
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Written on August 04, 2022
Submitted by simonvalentine81 on August 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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