Analysis of martyred
opeyemi joe olanihun 1989 (Ibadan)
As i spoke
fatigue ran through me
in molten pulse of frustration
their blindness to the exposition
they ignored in reckless glee of flinty obstinacy.
| Scheme | ABCCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (60%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111 01111 01011010 11010010 10101011101000 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 160 |
| Words | 28 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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