His Serene Highness
Khadijah Umar Ragada 2002 (Niger State)
His Serene Highness
The man is as old as night
Always pubing the moon for shelter
But the stars disapproves of his plight
In the morning, he squeezes the light
And establish an abode for his darling daughter
The man is as old as night
During summer, he influences the bright
Heat, and molds an adapter
But the stars disapproves of his plight
And in winter, he sort with delight
A kaleidoscope for the sun to glitter
The man is as old as night
His little girl is a princess of light
And his brother in-law, a banter
But the stars disapproves of his plight
So on New Year's Eve, he committed overnight
A robbery and fed his pets in flutter
The man is as old as night
But the stars disapproves of his plight
About this poem
This poem is a villanelle; a very old form of poetry from France with 19 lines, 5 stanzas of 3 line each and a final stanza of 4 lines. It has a rhyming scheme of ABA ABA ABA ABA ABA ABAA, and a lot of repetition. Line 1 is repeated in lime 6, 12 and 18, while line 3 is repeated in line 9, 15 and 19.
Written on October 17, 2022
Submitted by umarragadakhadijah495 on October 17, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | x AbA abA abA abA abA abAA |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 158 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
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