Analysis of Betrayal



Now you look down on your people
As you pass them by the street
Cos' the friends you have betrayed
You dare not look up into their eyes

Your brothers, your kinsmen
Together you once drink and dine
Who voted you to a position of trust
To represent them in the council

The same you demolished their houses
And you took over the Land
The same you emptied the treasury
And you snatch away their wives
With flashy cars and mansions
Bought with the tears of your people

And to think of the evil men do
Men who sit on the seat of power
Feeling they are gods
But has sold their heart to the devil


Scheme AXXX BBXA XXXXXA XXXA
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110 1111101 1011101 111110111 11011 01011101 11011001011 10110010 011010110 0111001 011100100 0110111 1101010 11011110 011101011 111101110 10111 111111010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 571
Words 116
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 6, 4
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Submitted on March 02, 2021

Modified by Benny11 on June 27, 2021

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Benson Chukwueke

Owerri, Nigeria since 1971. This is how I process and express my innermost cogitations; sitting back with pen and paper, painting words and polishing them until they become flowered verses. I guess for these actions, I could be called a poet or what do think? more…

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