Analysis of LEFU

Makhala Ranthako 1996 (Maseru)



Ao! lefu ekaba re o entseng
hakana? wa nka batswadi le
bana ba rona wa re siya
lepalapaleng jwalo ka
mahe a kgupa, re sala re
ipotsa dipotso dikarabo di le siyo.

Jooo! lefu o sehloho ha kakang
o nka lesea le sale lenyane re sa
lebelletse tse ngata ho tswa ho
lona? o nka batswadi o siya bana
ele metwai-twai. o manyala ele ruri,
ekaba wena o tla kgotsofala neng?
mabitla a tletse hohle ka masea a senang
molato.

Ao! tjhe hona ke mahlomola,bohloko
ba pelo masisapelo hoja bohloko ba
pelo bo adingwanwa ke ne ke tla o adima
bohloko ba pelo yaka mohlomomg
one o tla nkutlwela. Tlatla-matjholo
ako re utlwe reya rapela, sekehela
dithapelo tsa rona tsebe.

Lefu o tsenene e hlabang ha bohloko
pelong ele ruri, o sehloho ele kannete.
Ako hauhelel masea le batswadi ba senang
molato.


Scheme abcadc axxxdaaE afxabbf aeaE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 11110 1110111 111 10011101 111101 111111 11101111 111111 10111111 1111111 111111 10111101 1 11111 111111 111111111 11111 111111 111111 11101 1111111 1111111 1110111 1
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 792
Words 162
Sentences 13
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 7, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 36

About this poem

This poem expresses the pain we encounter as people about losing our loved ones. I wrote this poem expressing my feelings about loosing a loved one.

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Submitted by mranthako45 on September 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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