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
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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Olusesan Adesanya

Olusesan Adesanya is a Nigerian poet and data analyst, a football enthusiast, his works includes; Life, Remuneration, Frills of 21st century, Evils of the lost age, and The Score. more…

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