Analysis of Defeat
Adjekawen A. Jeremiah 1998 (Delta State, Nigeria)
Defeat, my defeat,
So close you've been a companion lately.
Defeat, oh defeat!
This visit has cost me the will to fight on
Injured beyond the desire for healing
I retreat head low into the cave
While the cavestone roll behind me in darkness;
I bleed and God watch.
The bats, my compassionate comrades lick my wounds
With a malicious smile at one corner of their lips
While I struggle to live.
Hear mosquitoes at daylight sing nunc dimittis in my hearing;
When did the world become so hateful!
I know not how to expell this conflict in my chest,
I only know I should spew this ale in my mouth
This mixture of sadness and anger;
But the little me says it may burn down cities
Like fire from a wounded dragon.
What is happening to me?
Why has everyone abandoned me?
I search the faces of the gods for an answer
But I find none.
Sun, why do you still shine on?
Just if I could grab you in my palms,
I'll squeeze you until you can shine no more,
That way, everywhere would be dark
And I would not have to see this deceitful world anymore.
Scheme | ABAC DXXX XXXDX XXEXF BBEF CXGXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 1111001010 01101 11011101111 10010010110 101110101 1011011010 11011 01101001111 1001011110111 111011 1010111110110 110101110 111111110011 110111111011 110110010 101011111110 110101010 1110011 11100101 110101011110 1111 1111111 111111011 1110111111 1110111 01111111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,038 |
Words | 221 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 5, 4, 5 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted by jerrylov322 on May 21, 2023
Modified by jerrylov322 on February 25, 2024
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