Analysis of Mind Your Business
Chinyere is not looking at you,
not even Adanna
they are at their business;
please, mind your own.
Okonkwo is not ;
watching your trickery
not even Nkwachukwu;
they are at their business;
please, mind your own.
Pam is not gossiping about you,
not even Ikenna;
they are brainstorming to solve they problem;
please, mind your own.
Sam is not scrutinising your mischieviousness;
not even Julie;
they are not even aware of you;
please, mind your own business.
| Scheme | abCB xdxCB abxB cdac |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 1101 111110 1111 111 101100 1101 111110 1111 111100011 1101 111011110 1111 111111 11010 111100111 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Self-consciousness is a problem; in your little shell, you think the whole world is focused on you, while people are engrossed in their own business. It is only an idle mind who pokes into private lives. Relax and be free.
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Written on May 08, 1980
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 30, 2023
Modified by Chinonyeisraeluche on April 30, 2023
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