Analysis of Juju
Have you ever woken
From a bad dream
Only to find wild beasts
In your bedroom?
You rub your eyes
And go blind.
Ever heard strange voices
Call out your pet name
In soft whispers?
You answer,
In broad daylight,
And lose your mind.
Have you ever eaten
A poisoned dish
Served by your own family?
No diagnosis
Yet you're bedridden
And in pangs.
Ever helped feared wretches
In your neighbourhood
Only to run bankrupt
After a fortnight?
Now you're worse off than them
And a laughing stock.
Superstitions?
Wickedness in high places.
Be free
In Jesus' name.
Scheme | AXBXXCDEXXFC AXGXAXBCXFXX XDGE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 1011 101111 011 1111 011 101110 11111 0110 110 011 0111 111010 0101 1111100 1010 1110 001 10111 011 101110 1001 111111 00101 010 1000110 11 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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