Analysis of Saga of Manhood



Long, long ago

There was a boy

With war on his brain

And blood on his honour

Long, long ago

There was a man

With peace on his brain

And blood on his honour

Long, long ago

There was a battle

With blood on a sword

And a dead man standing

Long, long ago

There was a boy

With fury in his veins

And blood on his brain

Long, long ago

There was a boy

Who became a man

For want of his own; standing dead

Long, long ago

There was a man

With hatred in his blood

Who thrashed at the world

Long, long ago

There was a man-a boy;

For want of a father

To set him straight

Long, long ago

There was a man

Who ate at the world

That ate of him

So long ago

Now, long since

The man, really a boy

I stand in this

Black abyss they call Life

A lone warrior

Posing a question-

What went wrong?


Scheme A B c D A E c D A x x x A B x c A B e x A E x f A b d x A E f x a x b x x d x x
Poetic Form Tetractys  (48%)
Etheree  (33%)
Metre 1101 1101 11111 01111 1101 1101 11111 01111 1101 11010 11101 001110 1101 1101 110011 01111 1101 1101 10101 11111101 1101 1101 110011 11101 1101 110101 111010 1111 1101 1101 11101 1111 1101 111 011001 1101 101111 01100 10010 111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 816
Words 214
Sentences 1
Stanzas 40
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 15
Words per stanza (avg) 4

About this poem

I tell the story of a man and a boy, since he couldn't tell it himself.

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Written on October 09, 2022

Submitted by belzies123 on October 09, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:04 min read
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Beluchi Akabogu

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