Analysis of THE APPRENTICE
Iyabode Obafemi 1989 (Jos)
Oh master! Bid me farewell!
My clock with you no longer ticks.
I no longer feel well
In fact, I feel very sick.
Oh master! keep me no more!
I've stayed with you for a reason.
Yet you let me suffer with sores.
Let me go! Am done with this season.
Oh master! Set me free!
Your shadows Held me in obscurity.
Yet you do not see.
Now, I no longer enjoy security.
Oh master! lose my chains!
I have done the work thoroughly
And for me, things must change
Because I served you faithfully.
Oh master! Send me forth!
I was brought to you as a protege.
See how I have sprang forth
to become a prodigy.
Oh master! It is now time!
You just have to let go of me.
I have reached my prime
Let me go and be.
Oh master! I say goodbye!
I was not meant to be kept
for this long but to pass bye
to a land where I will not weep.
Scheme | AXAX XBXB CCCC XCXC DXDC ECEC FXFX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (57%) |
Metre | 110111 11111101 111011 0111101 1101111 11111010 11111011 111111110 110111 111100100 11111 11110010100 110111 11101100 011111 01111100 110111 111111010 111111 1010100 1101111 11111111 11111 11101 110111 1111111 1111111 10111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 841 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
This poem talks about the tale of an apprentice's sweet and sour moments with his master and his desire to be set free. Thanks.
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