Analysis of The bystander




I am the one who looks the other way
Watching the actors
Like the baseless fabrics of vision
Faded substantial pageants

I stand in the square
Brave and forlon
With grief too sad for songs
Weeping for our generation
For the mountain of casuistry
Heaped over their heads

I am the prophet
Whose tears are vain?
Palely loitering in broad daylight
Yet being too happy in my happiness
Walk in beauty like a knight
Whose innocence in love below
And above is at peace.


Scheme XXAX BAXABX XXCXCXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110101 10010 101010110 1001010 11001 101 111111 10110010 101011 11011 11010 1111 1100011 11011001100 1010101 11000101 001111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 444
Words 84
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 7
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 125
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Christopher Azakor Nwakwesi

I am a Nigerian and a financial economist with diverse occupational experiences as a banker,career civil servant,petroleum economist and insurance man.I write poetry and short stories with many public and private appearances.To me poetry is a heritage because I came from a background where great and special events are marked poetically. more…

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