Analysis of The Vote This Time.
Dodoiyi Deinbo William-West 1964 (Aba)
The Vote This Time.
By Dodoiyi Deinbo William-West.
It’s that season!
Stiff frame bows.
Just like last season!
Pursed lips smiles.
Crash lessons on charisma
Learned.
For my vote.
Somebody.
Now painted angel
Whose past, against
Today’s masses still rebels.
Flamboyance is strategy.
I must vote?
Promises.
Vain. Pleasing the ears,
Not from need
assessment.
Only to grab my vote.
I’ve become wiser
Has he realized?
He who still wants
My vote.
Now franchise-wiser.
Has his sycophants noticed?
Who still angle for
My vote.
See, they’re repackaging
Miserable ‘stomach
infrastructure’,
So they’ll lengthen
The miserable life
They administered.
After my vote.
Compatriots!
Come, let’s trot
In unison,
Knocking down
Our past naivety –
In wrong voting,
In fence sitting –
To kick out
This serial election leech
Who leached our commonwealth
To amass
Illegal wealth
With our legal votes…
Your legal vote.
My legal vote.
Our votes
Now for country’s
Real illustrious attainments!
Yes. Your vote!
Of course. My vote!
| Scheme | xa bcbxxxd exxxed xxxxd fxxD fxxD gxfbxxd xxbxaggxxhxhidd iccdd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (45%) |
| Metre | 0111 111101 1110 111 11110 111 1101010 1 111 10 11010 1101 0110110 0101100 111 100 11001 111 010 101111 10110 1110 1111 11 1110 11110 11101 11 111000 100010 010 1110 010001 10100 1011 0100 111 0100 101 1011 0110 0110 111 1100101 111010 101 0101 110101 1101 1101 101 111 101001 111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 1,039 |
| Words | 204 |
| Sentences | 31 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 6, 5, 4, 4, 7, 15, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 55 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
"The Vote This Time" was inspired by the poet's commitment to work with like-minded Nigerians to reverse the unhealthy rising trend of voter apathy in future state and federal elections in Nigeria. The poem focuses on the twin problem of the use of 'stomach infrastructure' by unscrupulous politicians to "buy votes" on one hand and their efforts to keep other voters away from polling points by making voters think their votes won't count on the other.
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Written on June 10, 2022
Submitted by DDWEST on June 11, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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