Analysis of Impromptu lines on capt george



Impromptu line on Capt. George

Chagrin!; Chagrin!!
 Except God, no mortal man beneath the sky
 can lay him so low as can this
 Here lies forlornly in his narrow crypt

They bear him to his resting-place
 He was too silent in a sunless mould
 To raise up visions of historical hours
 That such reminders of endurance
 May stouten heart now strained
 By the craftsmanship left in our imperfect ways

Here he lies in grief
 who took to the junction in a tragic adventure
 To fight it out in a frenzy
 But unable to push them back - died
 Lay still and fertilized the field.

To him I built this cairn of words
 After the murmurs of mortar music
 Mobbed him with a queer affection

Here lies his works; his ways
 And life itself resign in a silent grave

May the ground where he fell;
 may the inhabitants beyond welcome him


Scheme X XXXX XXXXXA XXXXX XXX AX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 0101111 0101 01111010101 11111111 11101101 11111101 111100011 111101010010 110101100 11111 101010100101 11101 1110100010010 11110010 101011111 1101001 11111111 1001011010 11101010 111111 01010100101 101111 10010001101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 798
Words 150
Sentences 5
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 1, 4, 6, 5, 3, 2, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on August 21, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Christopher Azakor Nwakwesi

I am a Nigerian and a financial economist with diverse occupational experiences as a banker,career civil servant,petroleum economist and insurance man.I write poetry and short stories with many public and private appearances.To me poetry is a heritage because I came from a background where great and special events are marked poetically. more…

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