Analysis of The wicked hero
Ukeme Akpan 1983 (Ikono)
He did not die yet he decayed
Oozing out from the necrotic body
Was a polluting aroma into the airspace
It was wasn't irritant or pungent
But disgusting, offensive and nauseating.
Offers: aid and alms located him
Yet early morning evil showed him rejection
Prognosis was neither to recover nor recuperate
He's still alive when bioscavengers did his funeral
Life has ended, remaining the wicked hero.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11111101 10110110 100100100101 1110100110 10100100100 10101101 110101011010 01011010101010 11011111100 111001001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 327 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 66 |
About this poem
Inspired by a scenario of a senior brother who killed his junior and sought after the life of the children, which he killed six out of seven. But when fell sick, no one offer to help. He developed deep sores with maggots long before he ended breathe.
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Written on October 04, 2022
Submitted by uksweetts on October 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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