Analysis of DEATH, WHY FORSAKE ME?
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I think about you all the time
I yearn for you above all
I pray for your visit daily
Why forsake me?
My labored breath inflates
For the sole purpose to deflate
My erratic loud heartbeat
Are my demons clamoring release
My weary steps are endless
Leading to nowhere anywhere
My arms labor day in day out
But gets nothing to the mouth
My mind thinks all the time
From toddler to my thirty
But has found no solutions
Except one final savior
My Lord, why forsake me?
| Scheme | AXBB XXXX XXXX ABXX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 1111011 11111010 1011 110101 10110101 101011 111010001 1101110 101110 11101011 1110101 111101 1101110 1111010 0111010 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 465 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
A silent plea for help.
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