Analysis of A Preacher



“What Shall We Do?”
Articulated young preacher
Quoted from the book of Acts

And elaborated on “What Shall We Do?”
That was a message to the Apostles
What to do to be free from their sins
That was from Biblical point of view

How about from worldly view point
What can be done to change many erosions?
Homes that is close to crumbling
A youth with no guidance who walks
At the edge of a cliff
Old and weak murmuring for help
And those who lived under darkened part of earth

The intellect and strength of women
Undermined by male chauvinism
To balance unfair and inequality at work place
Those erupting peace
And many more …
What shall or can be done?
I leave it to you
If you have prevalent and clear voice
Than a preacher


Scheme ABC AXXA XCXXXXX DXXXXDAXB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 0100110 1010111 00100011111 1101010010 111111111 111100111 10111011 111111101 11111100 01111011 101101 10110011 01111010111 01001110 0111100 1100100100111 1101 0101 111111 11111 111100011 1010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 737
Words 146
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 7, 9
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 144
Words per stanza (avg) 34

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I think words cannot say it enough to cover the hardship and the problems the world has encountered.

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Submitted by yeshigemaneh on February 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Yeshiembet/Yeshi Gemaneh

I was born and raised in Eastern parts of Ethiopia in the city of Harar, I was attended elementary and secondary school in Haile Selassie Day School in Addis Ababa. I remember when I was in grade 7, I won a prize for being the best student - a book "Alice in Wonderland," from Emperor Haile Selassie, King of Ethiopia. From High School, I was rewarded scholarship for higher education on City Administration, and Social Studies in the cities of Luneburg, Aachen and Dusseldorf, West Germany. I had also a humble opportunity of learning Western culture, German language and associated closely with hard working German people. My fascination and love for poems goes many years back, when I was in grade 7, one day our English teacher read, "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star ...," since then I wanted to write poems. In 1995 I had an opportunity to join, The International Library of Poetry. Since then I expressed on variety of topics or titles; I call it my ABC poems. I see my life experience as my greatest teacher, and I love to share what I have had acquired over many years with others, however, every day I am a learner. It is my strong belief and philosophy, if a person has interest and willpower can achieve his goal. As a child, my important figure was my mother. She taught me the Ethiopian alphabets, and love of family and surroundings that helped me to see many things positively. Unfortunately, despite my wonderful childhood experience and growth; I encountered many ups and down of life journey that too taught me a lesson. Now, I am in my senior years being old is wisdom. There is a saying, "quitters are losers," and I don't want that to apply on me. more…

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