Expression.

Stephen Adinoyi 1973 (Kaduna)



EXPRESSION

Who will believe these lines
pouring from my pen to my paper
Making me look like a lying lover
As every verse flows like a fiction
On my measureless love for you

Who will believe that sonnet
Whose fourteen lines praises the day we met
Or those ballads whose stanzas sing our sweet songs
With imageries depicting an unfeigned love

Who will  believe those rhymes
Whose soulful lines
Tells you, you are always mine

Many may mock my lines
As poetry of lies
But you know it’s true
For every word I write
I have practiced for you

About this poem

It's a love poem, lyrically rich and a rhyming scheme. Its message is about a lover expressing the depth of his love to his lover. One unique and striking thing in this poem is that, the persona uses different types of poetry in this poem to express his feelings.

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Written on April 04, 2021

Submitted by on October 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABBXC XXXX XAX AXCXC
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 556
Words 118
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 3, 5

Stephen Adinoyi

Stephen Adinoyi is a writer of play, prose, and poetry. more…

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