Analysis of Looking Below
Chindo Marshal 1999 (Kaduna state)
I see people with different nature
Each with his own day job
In them all kinds of youthful behaviors
I see people who are to be low
High above the zenith
And those to be high
Been overthroned and crushed beneath
With all sorts of clumsy noise
Said the supposed low.
My ways are clear and white
My lines are straight like light.
In pity, I nod.
But how can my intervention be made possible?
That a question keeps ringing.
I see Princes and Kings
Serving servants who should hail them
I see Princesses and Queens
Working as maids
To those who should answer your majesty.
I see jugganauts below.
And illiterates above.
I see clergymen in bars.
And drunkards in worship centers.
I see truth in bars
And liars and chameleons in worship centers.
I see dogs conquering lions.
And cats defeating tigers.
I see rats chasing cats.
Who then will watch over the jungle?
Who will settle our disputes?
When even the eagle
I see wandering beneath in timidity.
Which lamb will the land fit?
Scheme | XXAB XXXX BCCX DXXX XXEB XFAFA XAXD XDEX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110010 111111 0111110010 111011111 101010 01111 110101 1111101 10011 111101 111111 01011 111101011100 1010110 111001 10101111 1110001 1011 1111101100 11101 010001 1110001 01001010 11101 0100101010 11110010 0101010 111101 111110010 11101001 110010 111000100100 111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 963 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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