Analysis of Farewell my dignity
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I loved you so intimately
But the world loved you more
You were my life’s standard
But the enemy struck you down
I thought you would be mine
Till death do us part
I held you close and personal
The essence of my living
Nobody told me you were royalty
That I was not meant to court you
That you were not of my station
I, the son of poverty
For love, I have fought for you
For love, I have mortally defended you
For love, I have defied gods
For love, you’ve got to let me go!
It has been made plain to me
In terms both painful and traumatic
That I can’t continue holding you
And still manage to live
Without you, life is colorless
Without you, life is meaningless
Without you, I feel half undone
But with you, it’s a sure doom
Goodbye my love!
© GIDRAF MWANGI
Scheme | AXXX XXXX ABCA BBXX AXBX DDCX X X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111000 101111 101110 10100111 111111 11111 11110100 0101110 11110100 11111111 11011110 1011100 1111111 11111000101 1111011 11111111 1111111 011100010 111010101 011011 01111100 01111100 01111101 1111011 111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 740 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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