Analysis of The tunnel
I'm in my darkest day
I can't see a little in it
I'm calling out for help
If there is any one out there
Show a little kindness
Shine your light to brighten my day
Or scream my name so I can hear and find a way to the daylight
The light I had was killed by haters
Now darkness arose the day
For the steps I take
I heat the wall and get hurt
From my growing up was a brighter time
With so much visions and dreams
Never I thought about been trapped and strucked by this darkness
Darkness of greed and selfishness
Blood tasters and looters
The darkness of corruption and conspiracy
Poverty and insecurity
Calamities arisen
All the days getting darker
Darker than the night itself
Only if Lux of heaven shine upon us.
Scheme | AXXXBAX CAXXXXB BCDDXXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101 11101001 110111 11110111 101010 11111011 111111110101101 011111110 1100101 10111 1101011 1110110101 1111001 10110111011110 10110100 110010 010101000100 10000100 0100010 1011010 1010101 10111101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 714 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 190 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
About this poem
This is about the hard time that Africans especially Nigerians are passing through in the present times.
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Written on April 20, 2020
Submitted by orbiamsimon on January 06, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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