Analysis of Unfairness or divine preference?
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
We all adhere to the same commands
We all have to contend with the same setbacks
And the result for all of us has to be the same
Yet the preparation for the journey is not the same.
Some are born in the shanties and slums
Where they are welcomed by poverty with open arms
Their future is always sealed at birth
And that ensures a life full of misery henceforth
Yet others are born with a silver spoon in the mouth
With wealth and goodness covering them like a clothe
Their life is full of merry and goodness
And nothing bothers them as they live their lives
But they are both expected to follow the same code
With the discrepancy that create a rift so broad
What will make the poor not to be jealous of the rich
Or cursing their maker for denying them the privilege
Of being rich!
Is it unfairness or………….
© GIDRAF MWANGI
Scheme | XXAA XXXX XXXX XXBCB X C |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110101 1111011011 0001111111101 1001010101101 111001001 1111011001101 11011111 0101011110011 1101110101001 110101001101 1111110010 01010111111 1111010110011 1001001010111 1110111110101 11011010101010 1101 110101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 819 |
Words | 158 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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