Analysis of Nelson Mandela



Nelson Mandela
Our Great leader
Who fought because we were the Majority
Dominated by the white minority
He stode for equality but his reward was captivity

For 27 years he was plunged into agony
A hole of non existence and he was
Asked to stop his fight
But like the Son of Man
He didn't backfire
Cos he was send from the Messaih
To send our enemies to hell fire

His comrades said Courage brother
Donot stumble and  like the waves
he fell and rose again.
The great Mandela
Icon of new South Africa
What a great loss


Scheme ABCCC CDXXXDB BXXAAX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010 10110 11011000100 1001010100 1110100110110100 1111101100 0111010011 11111 110111 1101 1111101 11101001110 1111010 1100101 110101 0110 10111100 1011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 497
Words 98
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 5, 7, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 138
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Submitted on September 09, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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