Analysis of Battling Child
Benedictus Genty Bulu 1955 (Dinga)
Fifteen-year-old Child
Died while fighting for liberty
Under his war master’s rule
In a remote marshy bush
Of liberty he and war mates
Only knew gun shots and shell sounds
War cries and war songs
Blood splashes and brain smashes
Officers and war master
Taught them all about liberty
Liberty is as nice as truth
Was the best thing they ever heard
And they would know about truth
The day they free the country
From the ruling usurpers
The day they bring liberty to the people
So poor little Child died
Without ever knowing anything
About liberty he had fought for
And time washed off his memory.
| Scheme | XAXX BXXX XACX CABX XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 01111 11101100 1011101 0001101 11001011 10111011 11011 1100110 1000110 11101100 10011111 10111101 0111011 0111010 10101 01111001010 111011 01101010 011001111 01111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 576 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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