Analysis of Africa's period
Poem : " Africa's period "
* When AfricA was born,
Breastless she stood,
A blossoming virgin,
Ready for the red flows of pain.......
* When she became 12,
Merrily lipping in the air at play,
Then it flowed......
A red stain on her map,
And a cramp of foilage she felt.....
Oh Africa.....
* With her frets she ran,
Under the marauding eyes of imperialists,
Wanting for help,
Waiting for a pad?....
Not until she met Europe,
Who tore her clothes ,
And made her shame
A public disgrace....
| Scheme | X XXXX AXXXXX XXXX XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100100 110011 111 010010 10101111 1101 100100111 111 011101 0011111 1100 10111 1000101101000 1011 10101 1011110 1101 0101 01001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 533 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 6, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
This poem talks about Africa at her primal stage, her excitement at the possibility of civilisation and her sorrows of colonialism..
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