Analysis of Akinyi!
Oh! You daughter of the hills!
Whose voice matches that of doves
Your beauty is like the rising sun
And your skin color is brown of the
Setting sun
Oh! Your laughter, daughter of the hills
Shows ‘mbanya’ in the center place
Among a row of white teeth
Leaving your smile about mirth
Oh! Diligent daughter of the hills
Who balances on her head two pots
While carrying a bundle of firewood
While another hand chases butterflies around
Oh! The master cook, daughter of the hills
Whose delicious meal you lick your fingers
Her porridge is like a pot of honey
Made of oats, maize and barley
© GIDRAF MWANGI
| Scheme | AXBCB AXXX AXXX AXCC X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101 1110111 110110101 011101110 101 111010101 1100101 0101111 1011011 110010101 110010111 1100010110 10101101001 1010110101 1010111110 0101101110 1111010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 590 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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