Analysis of THE SCORE
We were told by the poachers
To plough, to till and bury hot sweat
Then put all our produce in the basket of FEDERALISM
In accordance with the quest for UNISM
and in the pursuit of COMMUNISM
believing fate as our profound guardian
Until the trend of the vulgars
Who knew the pogo best
And then a soul was lost
yet another, after the other, in that order
And then again in our straight jacket
mourning the deprived souls
On the same soil we all made merry
Lords of the imperial pioneers of the imperil.
Scheme | ABCCCDAEFGHIJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010 111101011 1111001001011000 001010111 000011100 010111001100 0101101 11011 010111 1010100100110 0101010110 100011 101111110 11001000110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 500 |
Words | 95 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 403 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 95 |
About this poem
This poem was written in 2002 reflecting on the role of the military in political upheavals in Nigeria throughout the 80's and 90's.
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Written on September 06, 2002
Submitted by olusesan_a on August 16, 2021
Modified by olusesan_a on September 20, 2021
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