Analysis of Tales of the soul
Akhanani Sapepa 2003 (Port Elizabeth)
As I Sink Deep in my soul
I always find the boy who is always left alone
His thoughts were never his own
Sparked by forces one will never know
Is it my intention I am this way
Or
The influences paving the way
If the path is already set
Am I just a part of the play
In public we’re told to behave
Speak your mind but mind what you say
My thoughts are my reality
however
Reality is not what I thought
Born to mourn the death of souls
We cry to whomever mastered their role
A gesture of love
We don’t express to those we loathe
Above as it is Below
A Dove cursed to become a crow
Tales told way before
Your ten toes ever grounded the soil
By Akhanani Sapepa
| Scheme | ABBC DEDXD XDXXX XAXX CCEX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 11101111101 1101011 111011101 1110101111 1 01001001 10110101 11101101 01001101 11111111 111110 10 1011111 1110111 1110101011 01011 11011111 0111101 01110101 11101 111101001 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 667 |
| Words | 142 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 5, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
A miasma of depression caused by questions one ask about their purpose on this Earth.
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