Analysis of LEFU
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.
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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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