Analysis of THE NIGERIAN OPAL
Our Lords were White
But our fathers were bright.
Our land is green
But our children are lean.
Those rivers are full
But these throats are fooled.
Thus, no rainbow across our skies.
All we see is red, Blacks
And more gold and silver dyes.
| Scheme | AABB XXC XC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 1101001 10111 1101011 11011 11111 11101101 111111 0110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 230 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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