Analysis of A Rare Bird (For Ubong Ekerewak)
Israel Chinonye Uche 1957 (Aba)
A rare bird:
I have never seen
the like of him:
unique in manners
distinct in character;
humble and humane
You abuse him-
he does not budge
you parody him
he cares less
You attempt humiliation:
he is unperturbed--
a rare bird
I admire him.
| Scheme | Axbxxx bxbx xxAb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 11101 0111 01010 010100 10001 1011 1111 11001 111 1010010 1101 011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 243 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
In my final year ('82), at the University of Calabar, I had a roommate, a geology student. No matter how roughly I handled him, as we played, he never got angry.
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Written on May 26, 1982
Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 01, 2023
Modified on May 01, 2023
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