Analysis of The War Within
The War Within 2000 (Edo State)
It happened in 1967,
When blood spilled and heads scattered,
Mothers begged our captors; life,
We breathed between cracks,
Cramped toes and stiff necks in the box,
Her tears quenched my thirst.
I never spoke, not even a word.
How could I?
Hot days spent in crowded solitude,
Windy nights trapped in an unending nightmare.
Was I responsible for her futile fights?
She cried, my fallen soldier
I had lost my voice,
My strength and will.
My silver spoon crushed like one of a slave.
Paper records say the fight ended in 1970.
Mine dreadfully ended with the thrust of his knife...1969
| Scheme | ABCXXXBX XXXXXXXAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100 1110110 10110101 11011 11011001 01111 110111001 111 11101010 1011010101 11010010101 1111010 11111 1101 1101111101 1001101100 110010101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 583 |
| Words | 119 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem sometime around October 2020. This is a heart clenching P.O.V of a child captured with his mother and many others during the civil war.
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Written on October 10, 2022
Submitted by Karenthompsoninreallife on January 19, 2023
Modified on March 14, 2023
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