Analysis of Bitter Pill
Rosemary Nkiru Francis 1982 (Enugu)
The Street- the agony of our past
the uncertainty of our future
here we live
nowhere else is home
Our shattered dreams
our failing hope
like a bird without a nest- we fly
seeking for any available tree
The heat and the cold
the sun and the rain
even the pests
all are tales of our woes
The soundless screams
the bitter love for darkness
Our groaning hearts
All seeking for love
When we fought
many brothers fall
some others stood
but we kept moving
The world is not a fair place
giving us all a fair play
we are not here by choice
this life was forced on us
Shall we ever find comfort
in the arms of these cold darkness
where our future was formed
and our hopes sealed
| Scheme | XXXX AXXX XXXX ABXX XXXX XXXB XBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101001101 0010011010 111 1111 10101 10101 101010111 1011001001 01001 01001 1001 1111101 011 0101110 10101 11011 111 10101 1101 11110 0111011 1011011 111111 111111 1110110 00111110 1101011 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 700 |
| Words | 153 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
The poem is about the sad fate of the street kids...
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Written on November 28, 2021
Submitted by irukarose3182 on November 28, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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