Analysis of Imperial Afflictions
Sadiq Bashir Abdullahi (The Clown) 2000 (Abuja)
I lost my smile when happiness came knocking.
Overwhelming it was till I Lost my stance.
Hard on the ground I fell,
Rolling over to my death bed.
My innocence washed away with the tides of joy on a blue day by the bay I imagined
While trying to find solace with some killjoys lying next to me at the sickbay.
Depressing it was for the while I stayed.
Love,
Love hung up on me at the bar
leaving me with no smile,
a pile of guilt, my shallow soul
and some bandages for my injuries and the remains of my broken heart.
My soul,
My shallow sunk deep into the hollow of mind
so I dived deep down to the bottom
of every bottle I could find,
Trying to find myself and an answer
as to why nothing good is ever good for me.
Friendships and relationships
like all other ships sailed away
leaving more cracks on my broken heart,
All docks, I'll stay away from come tomorrow.
When I looked for a shoulder to cry on,
My face got pierced by the spears glued to their shoulders like that of an armour.
They were all like warriors but with humour.
Everything has been a facade,
The love, happiness, joy, friendships and relationships.
They were all fake like wolves in sheep clothing.
So I learned to gallop the pain inflicted
because there's no gain wallowing in affliction.
When I can stand tall,
put on a smiling face,
And live life in solitude
till the time is right.
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Metre | 11111100110 0101111111 110111 10101111 11001011011110111011010 110111011110111101 0101110111 1 11111101 101111 01111101 0110011100000111101 11 110110101011 111111010 110010111 101110110 111101110111 100010 11101101 101111101 1111011101 1111010111 111110111110111110 1011100111 1011001 011001100010 1011110110 11111001010 011111000010 11111 110101 011010 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,367 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5, 6, 4, 3, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on October 22, 2022
Submitted by Sadiqabdullahibashir on October 21, 2022
Modified on April 12, 2023
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