Analysis of You don't bear a fall
Adewuyi Michael 2022 (Oyo)
The haughty words of the proud reads:
Quintessential me
Beside myself is me of blue blood
My life is not without grandeur
Yeah, I am on the top of the earth-top
Shall penury ever dwell with my person?
Important me
Beside myself is best of dignity
Is it uppity or royalty,
That I do not lack?
Not even a pinch of penny-pinching life
Explicit me
I ride the crest in my utopian sphere
Is there any tormented there?
Any small fry may die
I will rather be a joyous cold fish
Downtrodden me
Beside myself is mediocrity
Where is my superfluous habitat
and chariot with which I bestrode the sphere?
What a paradoxical irony
That shall astound even posterity!
Helpless me
Beside myself is a steep terrace to obscurity
Finger-biting moment of remorse; anxieties
Hysteria, now order of my days
"May I exist", my crestfallen person says
Enlightened me
Beside myself are evergreen lessons
Worth saving for posterity
Hmm, so pride is supplanting personified
What so foolish and blackened seasons!
Wise me
Beside myself; a glut of wisdom
Copious enough for nations
Pride precedes an enormous fall
Now I know after all
I don't bear a fall
| Scheme | X AXXXX AAAXX ABXXX AAXBAA AAXXX ACAXC AXCDD D |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011011 0101 01111111 11110101 1111011011 11001011110 0101 011111100 111001100 11111 11001110101 0101 11010101001 1110101 101111 1110101011 101 01110100 1111010 01001110101 100100100 1101100100 101 0111011010100 1010101010100 0100110111 1101110101 0101 01111010 11010100 1111010010 111001010 11 01101110 10001110 10110101 111101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,142 |
| Words | 224 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 38 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
This masterpiece, borne out of veritable inspiration and experiences, is one that demonstrates the awful stages of pride. It unfolds the tragic consequences of seeing other people as diminutive and insignificant. Clearly, this humble debut proves that pride sets the pace for a 'big fall'.
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Written on August 28, 2022
Submitted by adewuyimichael15 on August 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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