Analysis of Friend
Ajah Ikechukwu Emmanuel 1976 (Owerri)
Friendship is a fragile flower
Pure and innocent at first
But it can be deceitful
Hiding darkness within its holds
Like the rock music
It lures us, in a baffling way
But there lies a plan
To snatch at our emotions
Like a praying mantis,
It shall strike
At the heart of our simplicity
Preying on inexperience
And leaving behind only loneliness
A war of life and death ensues
As we fight to keep our sanity
But the Trojan horse has done its job
Leaving us vulnerable for vultures
So beware of friends ,my friend
For it is not always what it seems
They are like a mirage, an invisible enemy
That may destroy our hopes and dreams.
Scheme | XXXX XXXX XXAXX XAXX XBAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101010 1010011 1111010 10100111 10110 111001001 11101 11110010 101010 111 1011100100 1010100 0100110100 01110101 1111110100 101011111 1011000110 1011111 11111111 11100110100100 110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 651 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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