Analysis of Fear for my sister's
MaliQ The Poet 1996 (Nongcampha,Eastern cape)
FEAR FOR MY SISTER
I carry fear these days, a fear attached to my heart
I carry prayers these days, I cry for my sisters when they far apart.
The protectors have become the perpetrators.
My sister lives in fear, she’s starting to fear me now.
I carry fear for my sister these days, she is harassed based on her Gender.
I fear for my sister these days, her humanity is vandalised.
Her dignity reaped of her spirituality, her soul left empty
With a wraith that takes three showers a day
But never seem to clear of her memory.
I carry fear for my sister, her innocence in this world
Comes at the price of wicked man.
I fear myself these days, wonder is this a disease
Sent from above to punish my race.
I fear myself these days, my aunt has lost her life at the hands of
My uncle, my mum has lost her sight at the fist of my dad.
The choir lead singer has lost her voice in submission to the choir master
The girl that sits in front of me in class has lost faith at the
Unpleasant time from the math's teacher.
I fear myself these days, the tense vibrations in the air
Has stolen the natural mystics that brought hope
To my sister.
I fear my fellow countrymen these days.
© MaliQ House SA
Scheme | A BBXX ABCXC XXXX XXAXA XXAX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 1101110101111 11011111111011101 00101010100 1101011101111 1101111011110111010 111110110010011 01001100010001110 1011111001 11011110100 110111100100011 11011101 111111011001 110111011 111111111011011 110111101101111 01011011010010101010 011101110111110 010110110 1111101010001 110010010111 1110 1111010011 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,195 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
The poem FFMS was written in 2019 when our country heard tbe devastating news about the murder and rape of a university student in cape town uyinene mrwetyana,my heart was broken at that time ad our country was facing a strongly GBV pandamic
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Written on September 10, 2019
Submitted by Sigonyelayonela30 on April 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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