Analysis of Jomo*
Jomo was a boyhood hero even though
He too knew the sharp end of the machete.
I felt his mystery and his Africa.
Why not escape the wheel and the boot on his neck?
Isn't it a forever when years later a flag or nation or
Anthem is played because of you having lived?
Aren't the marches marched for a reason and when
Will they not be oh grand duke de Afrique!
You could have been the anti-Washington
Having white people for slaves? Ridiculous!
It was enough trouble just to get their attention
Let alone an agreement to be shackled and whipped.
Now they pay to visit native animals,
Still stealing heads for their mantles,
Not much has changed excepting the name on the bank account.
Where now is Louis Will de Beast and
The anarchy of the hooves?
Perhaps rehearsing in a downtown alley.
*Jomo Kenyatta - Kenyan nationalist and first president of Kenya, 1964 - 1978.
Scheme | ABCDEFGCHIHJKKLMNBC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 1110111001 11110001100 110101001111 10100101110011101 10110111101 100101101001 111111111 1111010100 10110110100 1101101111010 1011010111001 11111010100 11011110 1111100110101 111101110 0100101 01010001110 111010000110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 846 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 19 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 686 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 158 |
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Submitted on June 03, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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