Bondage
You are a slave
held in constant bondage
by those dirty habits of yours.
You are slave to those emotions
which make you act
before you reason
only to regret afterwards.
You are a slave
to those moribond beliefs
which shackle you in chains;
retard your progress
and keep you two centuries behind civilisation.
You are a slave
to those old fears
that have plagued your being;
wrestled you down
and kept you sprawling
on the ground
unable to wrench yourself free.
About this poem
There are certain habits we have to fight to improve our personalities. With a deliberate and conscious effort, there is a tendency for us to move forward.
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Written on July 17, 1981
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 11, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | Axx xxbx Axxxb Axcxcxx |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 464 |
Words | 91 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 5, 7 |
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