Analysis of Thief of light

Abby Kesington 1979 (Lagos)



Beautiful, bold and bright
Images I try to portray
A contrast to my inner plight
Often leaving me disarray

Full round lips adorned red
Curling to a beguiling smile
Almond eyes lined black
Wrinkling at the end
All a cover to emotions withheld in style.

Oblivious to the mortal eyes
Pains kept out of sight
Myriad of colors, perfect disguise
To an unprecedented fright

Beautiful, bold and bright
Characters I wish to display
If only anxiety the thief of light
Will leave my soul I pray.


Scheme Abab xcxxc dada Abab
Poetic Form
Metre 100101 10011101 01011101 1010101 111011 10100101 10111 100101 101010100101 010010101 11111 1001100101 1101001 100101 10011101 11001000111 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 489
Words 92
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 4, 4
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Struggles with anxiety

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Written on September 06, 2022

Submitted by Abbykesington on September 10, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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