Analysis of THE PRICE IS HIGH BUT THE END IS NEAR
We see blood on the cheeks of those
who have buried their loved ones
who have died in the struggle
and we share their grief
and we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
We see of this moment
justice still crumbling
and hopes still reigning high and supreme
on the throne of our soil
and we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
We hear the voice of the beast
as it overwhelms us
as it tries to hasten us
intimidates us in same deceit
we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
but we will have to pay
and its costly
though the struggle seems hard and long
and the road rough and difficult
yet we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
Do not despair
do not look around
do not betray our faces
and do not betray that trust
as we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
solidarity in believe
yet slogan battling amidst blood
the youths and the sacrifice
on same soil in october a stigma
but we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
we will see that we will rise up
out of the ashes of freedom
the tears of mourning at lekki
will salvage the truth and innocence in our hopes
for we know that...
"the price is high but the end is near..."
Scheme | xxxxA B xcxxA B xddxa B xxxxa B xxxxa B xxxxa B xxcx a B |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110111 1110111 1110010 01111 0111 011110111 111110 101100 011101001 1011101 0111 011110111 1101101 11011 1111101 01010101 111 011110111 111111 0110 10101101 00110100 1111 011110111 1101 11101 11011010 0110111 1111 011110111 0100001 110100011 010010 1110010010 1111 011110111 11111111 11010110 0111011 1100101000101 1111 011110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,257 |
Words | 280 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 4, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
THE PRICE IS HIGH BUT THE END IS NEAR. (This poem is musical in nature and the theme to the poem is the response that comes after each stanza)
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Written on March 29, 2023
Submitted by Kestinery7 on March 29, 2023
Modified on April 06, 2023
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