Analysis of Who's In Control
Benson Chukwueke 1971 (Owerri)
Who's in control, I ask?
The man, they say, the master of the house
My husband is my king
A lion, feared by all
When he roars, the whole city quake
But I made his weakness my strength
Cos I know how to scheme my way
With crocodile tears, a remote control
I hold the power in my hands,
Pushing buttons at my will
Making him bow to my desires.
He dare not discern my maneuvers
But I make him wash my feet,
With the very last drop of his sweat
And with his tongue
He licks the shit in my anus clean
My husband, strong and powerful
But my toy, my slave
He toils day and night,
Working tooth and nail,
To provide for me, his queen
So who's in control, I wonder?
The woman, they say, the weaker sex,
Yet so subtle and powerful
My wife, the mistress of the house,
I must bow to her whims
So she doesn't starve me of food
She holds the power to punish at bedtime
She can order me to make the bed
kneel down, hands up and close my eyes
And I'll obey, willingly submit
Cos her love is my sustenance.
So who's in control, you may then ask?
In this quest for power and love,
The man, you may think is in control
But indeed, it is the woman
Scheme | ABXXX XXCXXD DXXXE FXXXE XXFBXX XXXXX AXCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100111 0111010101 110111 010111 11101101 11111011 11111111 110100101 11010011 1010111 101111010 111011010 1111111 101011111 0111 110101101 11010100 11111 11101 10101 1011111 11001110 010110101 11100100 11010101 111101 11101111 1101011011 111011101 11110111 010110001 10111100 110011111 01111001 011111001 10111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,138 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 5, 5, 6, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
Marriage is not a tussle for power and control, so couples must find a balance in love ❤ Neither the man nor the woman reign supreme, only God is in control!
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