Analysis of The wails of the women in my homeland



Gazing at the visages of the women,
Tears of anguish flow from my eyes,
Decapitation overtakes my hands,
My heart feels gutted.
My gutsy pen starts to bleed with verses.

The women of my homeland,
Consuming like a breakfast,
By dudes with an uncontrollable libido,
Without their consent.
Oh, my homeland!

Waking up from a nap,
The song of hanky-panky in my ears,
My mind becomes hazy,
I saw mega heads with long hair,
Walking like a tortoise,
Victimized.

Intellect ion engulfs me,
Like the Sun in the sky,
The faltering of my pen,
And the squall voice of my hands,
Start to groan the wail of the anguish of the women in my homeland.

I groan every day,
For the anguish of the women,
Like the infant,
Cutting their hymen,
Obliterating their future.

In my mind,
They are magnets,
With an invaluable price tag.
In my homeland,
They are toys,
With a Mickey Mouse's price tag,
Oh, my homeland!
Hear the wail of the women,
The screeching voice of the women.


Scheme axbxx cxxxC xxdxxx dxxbc xaxax xxecxeCaa
Poetic Form Tetractys  (26%)
Metre 101011010 11101111 00101011 11110 1111111110 010111 0101010 11110100010 01101 111 101101 0111010011 110110 11101111 101010 100 101011 101001 0100111 0011111 1110110101010011 111001 10101010 1010 10110 0100110 011 1110 11010011 011 111 1010111 111 1011010 01011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 955
Words 211
Sentences 10
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 6, 5, 5, 9
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 29

About this poem

This is poem is about the women in my country. It talks about how they are treated and marginalized. It primarily talks about the sexual violence against them; it also talks about how they are valued by me.

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Written on March 20, 2022

Submitted by Kannehs89 on June 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:03 min read
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Sidikie A.A Kanneh

I am a Liberian by nationality, hail from Lofa county. I graduated from Vahun central high school in 2020. Currently studying at the University of Liberia, a freshman student, reading public administration. more…

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