Analysis of Lament of the hero



Our hearts are broken like a shattered pot of clay,
And our conscience buried in the deepest chamber of omambala

Evening of every night;
 the bloods of the innocents cries out in the darkest part of akpaka,
But there is no consoler

In the morning and at noon;
The poor and the oppressed cries out aba father,
But still there is no helper

Open wide your ears;  oh thou lands,  forest s,  and rivers of this coast,
 Intercede on our behalf before the gods,
For they know the best verdict.

For if am to judge as a human;
I fear I might wrong the righteous,
Or even the dead.

Note: omambala ( one of the biggest and ancient river in the Eastern part of Nigeria)
             Akpaka   ( one of the largest forest in the Eastern part of Nigeria).


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Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 748
Words 156
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 3, 3, 3, 3, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 94
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Written on September 28, 2022

Submitted by okwy4otosi on September 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Okwudili Michael

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