Analysis of Lieutenant KANU
Benson Chukwueke 1971 (Owerri)
I saw him last with the infantry battalion
After the fall of Okigwe town
I saw him disappear with the Bandwagon
After Biafra raised the white flag
I saw his blood boiling hot
Forty years after the civil war
I saw him still singing the war song
Still barking like a bulldog
To make sure no one stand at ease
I saw him still threatening Peace
Threatening to pull the trigger
On our young nationhood
I saw him and shake my head
Lieutenant KANU has not changed
| Scheme | ABACDEFGHIJKLM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110100010 1001111 111011010 1011011 1111101 101100101 111110011 110101 11111111 11111001 10011010 110110 1110111 0101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 456 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 14 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 370 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
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