FEAR
opeyemi joe olanihun 1989 (Ibadan)
I'm a mirage on the baked surface
of this dry pilgrimage,
very near but always ahead apace.
Hoofbeats of horrible horses - distinct, they never materialize,
victimizing by clutching at instinct to demoralize
a sanguine morale
exuding wary faith of perfect royal
from hope, expectations beyond the
lassitude of vicissitudes.
A dew, i am descended heavily
on the doubtful,
dampening, painting lucidly shrouded, crooked portrait of a beautiful, strait but less trodden path where
I am known to be FEAR.
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Written on June 10, 2012
Submitted by modeconc on April 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XXX AAXBXX XBXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 501 |
Words | 87 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 4 |
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