Analysis of AFRICAN WOMAN
Elizabeth Njeri Waweru 1991 (Naivasha)
I am African.
I am a proud African.
I am very rich in kindness.
The kindness I often extend to the enemy.
Before they attempt to assassinate my authentic being.
I am Njeri.
I am a proud Njeri.
I am the name that has passed through generations.
Njeri represents resilience of generations of women.
My name, the name of my grandmother, and many others before her.
I am melanin.
I am a proud black woman.
I, daughter of the sun, one with fire.
The sun doesn't burn me, it shines in me.
That is why they couldn't burn me, like a phoenix, I rise again.
I am tinted.
I am proud of all my shades.
I could be deep tanned, caramel, mocha, you name them...
All of me is beautiful, all my shades shine through the darkest of nights.
Funny how I am the black one, but I shine the brightest in light and in darkness.
I am angry.
I am proud to say that I am.
What else could I be when the world delights at beating me down.
When the world is not stepping on me, it's judging me for reacting.
What! Am I just supposed to smile as your giant shoe hits my face?
I am love.
I am proud to be it's embodiment.
The world should thank the heavens that I am love.
Woe if I did an eye for an eye, how blind the world could be.
With great power comes great responsibility, I have been gracious with my power.
It is time for the blinding lights, to show the world I am no meek, I am power.
Scheme | AABCD EEXAE AAECX XXXXB CXXDX FXFCEE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100 1101100 11101010 0101100110100 011011010101010 111 11011 11011111010 10101001010110 1101111001010010 11100 1101110 1101011110 0110111101 1111101110101101 1110 1111111 1111110010111 11111001111101011 10111011111010010010 1110 11111111 111111010111011 10111101111011010 1111011111101111 111 1111110100 01110101111 111111111110111 11101100100111101110 11110101110111111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,368 |
Words | 308 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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This poem tries to exhibit an African woman but it's impossible.
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