Analysis of Love’s long march

Kihire Kennedy 1988 (Kampala)



In a land of battles fierce and grand,
I left my lover on our homeland,
With longing heart and hopeful sigh,
I marched away, my head held high.

But as I trudge through mud and gore,
I dream of love we shared before,
A love as fresh as morning dew,
Yet mine has grown, oh lover true.

I hope to find your heart the same,
A blazing love, an eternal flame,
Yet time does march and hearts do change,
Will my devotion you rearrange?

Oh, Cupid's arrow, aim your might,
Guide my love through day and night,
For if I return to find love's bloom,
Our future shall be a joyous room.

But jest I say, with cynic's glee,
What if my absence set you free?
You found another, love anew,
While I was out, my dear, with you?

With satire's touch, I ponder deep,
As battles rage and sorrows seep,
Will I return to arms embrace,
Or find a lover's cold, stern face?

So onward I march, my heart aflame,
To reach your love, or fate's cruel game,
For home and family we shall yearn,
Unless that sting sway bullet takes its turn.

By Kihire Kennedy


Scheme AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIDD JJKK EELL I
Poetic Form
Metre 001110101 111101101 11010101 11011111 11111101 11111101 01111101 11111101 11111101 010110101 11110111 11010101 1110111 1111101 111011111 1010110101 1111111 11110111 11010101 11111111 1111101 11010101 11011101 11010111 110111101 111111101 110100111 0111110111 11100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,027
Words 232
Sentences 9
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 29
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

The persona, a military man at war longs for a lover they left back home, and he is hoping while he returns, their love continues and grows and leads to a family. Since the war is still ongoing, they’re still uncertain if they will survive to reach that time.

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Kihire Kennedy

Completed an Arts' Degree at Makerere University in English Literature and social Anthropology and this inspired his authorship of his other works; an e-book; A Beautiful Poetic Pen and a radio drama; Home to Community produced by Wiz Arts Media. He always had a passion for entertainment way back as a child and a grown delight in creative writing arts suchlike poetry, short stories, radio dramas and screenplays. Every passing day, he pictures a boredom-free world thus focusing on visual arts through film that has its source of inspiration in life and its happenings. more…

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