Analysis of Life Amidst the Groaning of a State
She still longs for the bed
For its appeal had not lasted long
Then running along to the vessels of water
Thinking: across to land only seconds time
Dazed, gazing all over, seeing nothing
And tirelessly trotting to her next option and only
Where there were many a million people
Some merely sweating and standing, others crying and climbing
With the elbow as a weapon, freeing her sides
Her voice a sharp instrument, pushing her way forward
And others doing quite the same
Some ferociously, others more calmly
On getting down, hours away from soon
After the day's toil, it was time to return
From one motion object to another
From boots to buses and jumping windows
And then to the last bus stop
And finally to the bed of consolation
And the next day, the cycle continues
As Life Amidst the Groaning of a State - LAGOS.
Scheme | XX AX BC XB XX XC XX AX XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 110111101 110011010110 10011110101 1101101010 01001010110010 1101001010 110100101010010 10110101001 0101100100110 01010101 1010010110 1101100111 10011111101 1110101010 1111001010 0110111 01001011010 0011010010 110101010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 828 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
Often called the Los Angeles of Nigeria, Lagos is a southwestern Nigerian city. Though newcomers may find the city exciting the poetic persona's plights as a typical Lagosian commuter is vividly illustrated in this fast-paced poem
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Written on 2021
Submitted by Nkemjika on September 19, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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