Analysis of The Radical Argument
Stephen Okoh 1991 (Lagos)
I am a woman,
No, not an extension, I am
The Yang to the Ying of Society.
I said I am a woman
Fool, not an asset of his wealth,
I’m a stake holder in his lot, vice versa.
I am the waters of the earth
I am Humanity – no, not substandard,
Not customized but the other half.
No, not supplement nor complement;
Not a layer breed,
I am a channel of life.
I am the likeness and reflection
Of a sexless God.
Scheme | ABCADEFGHIJKAL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 11101011 0110110100 1111010 1111111 10110011110 11010101 11010011010 11010101 111001100 10101 1101011 110100010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 408 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 299 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Feminism
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Written on December 25, 2022
Submitted by MasterPoet on December 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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