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On The Roughest Sea

Israel Chinonye Uche 1957 (Aba)

Ode
Never did I supplicate
to be born
into the earth;
on this earth
found I myself
sailing
on the toughest sea.

Here am I
at sail:
tormented and buffeted
by the stormy sea;
when to find quietude
know I not.

About this poem

Life is like a journey on a rough sea: it could go well, or turn out to be a disaster.

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Written on December 09, 1987

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 01, 2023

Modified on May 01, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AXBBXXC XXACAA
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 205
Words 47
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 6
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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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