Skip to my loo
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I am a full blue-blooded gentleman
In the kingdom of Poo-Poo, land of Loo
My arrival in any solemn gathering
Is announced with a loud foghorn
Whenever I sit on my favorite armchair
Or squat on my hollow ottoman
The most lovely music rents the air
With long, short and sundry sharp blasts
The melody is variously punctuated
With a loud splash of percussions
And times when the music is too good
A stream of Pee-Pee fireworks shoot
When the loudest of the bands are over
And only silent windpipes left
I give a deep sigh of pleasure
As the last thuds of drumbeats fall
I pity the commoners in the next hall
The silent unannounced peasants
Who view my very loud proclamations
With shameful looks of consternation
The masses! Eh!
© GIDRAF MWANGI
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Submitted by GIDRAF on June 14, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AXXA BABC DCDX EXEF FXXA X X |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 722 |
Words | 134 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1, 1 |
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