Analysis of A Moment of Silence
Amatareotubo Mozimo 1973 (Lagos)
Silence...
A smokescreen of haze
Cascading beyond the horizon
A whiff of wind
Speeding into space -
Speechless!
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 0111 010010010 0111 10011 10 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 111 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
This poem speaks of the need to watch and wait rather that be rash amid life's vicissitudes
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Written on September 25, 2022
Submitted by amasmozimo02 on September 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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