Analysis of The silhouette ahead
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
Unformed and indistinct
Fuzzy at the edges
An outlined shadow
A sculptured darkness
It wavers like a twig
Caught in a soft breeze
Its shape melting softly
Muddying the outline further
It’s like a mud-fish
Squirming underneath
Only a cloud of mud
Whenever it moves
You stare and glare
And focus attentively
Trying to make out
Though a fruitless endeavor
No matter the failure
Don’t give up on it
Continue the battle still
To make out your future
The silhouette ahead
© GIDRAF MWANGI
| Scheme | XXXX XXAB XXXX XAXB BXXB X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010001 101010 111 01010 11101 10011 111010 1000110 11011 1001 100111 01011 1101 0100100 10111 1010010 110010 11111 0100101 111110 00101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 466 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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