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A BLINDLY WALKING

Munzali Abdullahi Ahmed 1985 (Kano)

He is a blind
who thinks life is eternal
and to wave goodbye
is to be coward
why his mind refuses to tell him
the stem is changing
it will soon fall asleep
and wake up for narrative
when book is not corrective
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Written on July 13, 2009

Submitted by ahmedmunzali on December 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHH
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 209
Words 43
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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Munzali Abdullahi Ahmed

Born and bred in Kano, Nigeria. Awarded a B.A. in English and Literary Studies from Bayero University, Kano more…

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