Analysis of Is this my country
Benson Chukwueke 1971 (Owerri)
Is this my country or is it hell
Is it the fire I must go through to live well
Living here in my fatherland
Living with an empty hand
Wallowing for not following
The diabolical wind billowing
Is this the pressure that push the weak to fall
Is this the hardship that cause men to play ball
To compromise their faith in integrity
And decide to seal their fate in atrocity
Must I live low life in high places
Must I live as an outlaw in the rat races
Must I just put up a good front
But sacrifice the blood of innocent
So I can make ritual money
Own empire flowing with milk and honey
Must I?
No, not I
I shall not give up my course at this hour
I shall not bow my knees to evil Power
I shall remain an Evangelist of high-priced
Crusading for the return of Christ
| Scheme | AABBCC DDEE FFGGEEHH IIJJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 110101111111 1010110 1011101 10011100 001001100 11010110111 11010111111 1101100100 01111100100 111110110 11111100110 11111011 110011100 111110010 11001011010 11 111 11111111110 11111111010 110110100111 010100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 765 |
| Words | 159 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 151 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
About this poem
This poem is a lamentation. How can the upright survive in a country where corruption and evil is the way of life
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