Analysis of Is Africa your Africa ?
Michael odinaka okonkwo 1997 (Enugu)
Will Africa be great again?
Out of the ashes from the yester years,
Arose sons and daughters of the former slaves,
Proud sons and daughters.
Industrious, zealous and patriotic offsprings.
Who pioneered the independence of African states.
Mighty men of valor, strong women of virtue,
Who believed in the African dream.
Those days have gone yonder,
And a new era has come upon us.
The fire lit in our hearts has been
quenched by greed, pride and lust.
And the baton handed over to us forsaken,
In pursuit of the American dream;
The modern day slavery.
Ohh cursed unworthy sons of Africa,
That look but can not see.
That hear but can not understand.
Written on the wall,
Speaking through the wind;
Ineligible, faint voices of our ancestors.
Asking," will Africa be great again" ?
Scheme | A BXCBXXD XXXXXDE XEXXXCA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11001101 110101011 01101010101 11010 01001000101 101001011001 101110110110 101001001 111110 0011011011 0101010111 111101 0001101011010 0011001001 0101100 1101011100 111111 1111101 10101 10101 0100011011010 1011001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 779 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 7, 7, 7 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
About this poem
This poem is about Africa been forsaken by her sons and daughters in search of greener pastures. They have refused to water the grass at their home or live the African dream but enjoys the American dream. It is a call of awareness to be a patriotic African.
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Written on October 21, 2022
Submitted by michaelokonkwom on October 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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