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Pregnancy: A Notorious Story-Teller

Israel Chinonye Uche 1957 (Aba)

Free verse
Pregnancy:
a notorious
 story-teller
that brings
a once-secret act
to the
 limelight.

If
it's illegitimate:
the story
 goes:
'so this
quiet girl
is so
naughty
after all';
Never Trust A Woman.

About this poem

Once conception takes place, the trumpet is blown, and everyone is notified. A secret event is quietly made public. Pregnancy cannot be hidden.

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Written on May 08, 1990

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 30, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXXXXXX XXAXXXXAXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 200
Words 43
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 10
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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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