Analysis of Now Or Never!



Hold it fast
and strong
that which you
see
now, or never,
for tomorrow is uncertain,
for tomorrow is ambiguous
vague
unpredictable.

Grab it fast
and strong
that which you have,
Now, or Never,
for
this might be your last chance,
your last opportunity;

Opportunity comes
only but once;
had I known
 comes at last--
for fools;
Be no procrastinator.

Time is money
money runs after no man;
time is progress,
progress runs after no man.

I was walking leisurely
along that serene  Ofeme Road,
that solitary road near Imo River,
suddenly my glance
caught a fine branch
distinct in itself
isolated like an outcast--
good for a walking stick

just suitable for my dad;
I could have earned his blessing and praise;
But a voice said to me: 'leave that fine branch alone
it is not running away;
come back later
for there is time!"
But when I came back later,
lo and behold,
that fine branch was gone!
gone!
gone !
gone !
forever!


Scheme aBxcDxxxx aBxDxec xxfaxd cgxg cxdexxax xxfxdxdxhHHHd
Poetic Form
Metre 111 01 111 1 1110 1011010 10110100 1 0100 111 01 1111 1110 1 111111 110100 01001 1011 111 111 11 110100 1110 1011011 111 111011 1110100 0110111 1100111010 10011 1011 01001 100111 110101 1100111 111111001 101111111101 1111001 1110 1111 1111110 1001 11111 1 1 1 010
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 923
Words 196
Sentences 9
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 9, 7, 6, 4, 8, 13
Lines Amount 47
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

In life, delay is dangerous. As a PGDE student at UNN, Nsukka, a roommate who fought in the Nigerian Civil War, told us a chilling story. In the warfront, he was almost captured by the enemy, but what saved him was his quick action. Orlando heard an order: "Hands up!" Shouted by "ndi iro".He quickly opened fire, and that shot killed his would-be captor! 'ndi iro": enemy soldier: Igbo Language

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Written on July 16, 1980

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 01, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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