Analysis of The banter of chums



It’s spontaneous and free
Unfixed and broadly varied
Both quiet and loud voiced
And often overlapping

Women talk about others
Specializing on gross scandals
Men speak about issues
With staunch political stands

Although often harmless in intent
Sometimes personal attacks occur
Reputations can be felled easily
With a sharp-tongued deride

Seldom are common issues pursued
As everybody clamors for attention
The loudest always hold sway
And the reserved make background

The language used is eclectic
With no particular tongue preferred
Customized language inflections rule
Since they have special meanings

Broad swinging gestures flourish
Loud raucous laughter bursts
Sharp retorts shoot forth
And taunts raise ugly feelers

When chums banter

© GIDRAF MWANGI


Scheme AXXX BXXX XCAX XXXX XXXX XXXB C X
Poetic Form
Metre 1010001 101010 110011 010100 1010110 1001110 110110 1101001 11010001 011000101 010111100 101101 101101001 110011010 010111 000111 01011010 110100101 10100101 1111010 1101010 110101 10111 0111010 1110 11
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 733
Words 112
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1
Lines Amount 26
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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