Analysis of This lonely house
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
The empty rooms are my empty heart
Cold and draughty with loneliness
The shattered window shutters
Are the shattered pieces of my heart
The broken door hinges are my dreams
The ones that always remain in my sleep
The leaning roof with holes
Mirrors my heavily battered soul
The creaking staircases and landings
Are the bruises and aches of my spirit
This lonely house I live in
Is the loneliness I live
| Scheme | ABCADEFGHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111101 1011100 0101010 101010111 010110111 011101011 010111 101100101 01010010 1010011110 1101110 1010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 402 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 331 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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