Analysis of The Rat Race
Adigun Lateef Oladimeji 1976 (Lagos)
Tussle for power
Struggle for wealth
Tango for leadership
Fierce competition
Who crosses the hurdle first
Everybody is running
Helter skelter, chasing shadows
Leaving certainty, Pursuing uncertainty
Leaders mortgage the future of their subjects
People swindle one another
Corruption and bribery is the order of the day
Evil reign supreme
Ritualist go into conclaves
Waiting to pounce on their preys
Assasins murder unchallenged
Contentment is unpopular
Greedily we embark on futile journey
Until we meet our waterloo
The Rat Race will continue unabated
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIAJKGLMAHNO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 1011 10110 1010 1100101 100110 1010101 101000100100 10100101110 10101010 01001001010101 10101 11011 1011111 110010 0101100 10010111010 01111010 0111010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 552 |
| Words | 83 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 19 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 468 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Highlighting my country's situation
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