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ABIKU

I M Babatunde

ABIKU

A swinging lantern
Student of the upside down
Descendant of sorrow
And pendulum happiness

We all know you
The one who we call  awful names
Thanks to you we now have a river
At our doorstep

Do awful names really suite you?
Do our tears pleases you?
Why can't we celebrate you
Once or never

Our heart is sinking
Our eyes are heavy
Most we suffer too much pain
In the hand of the one we are yet to know?

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Written on January 16, 2023

Submitted by H31SBOB on February 05, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXAX BXCX BBBC XXXA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 423
Words 97
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
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I M Babatunde

I am by name Murtala Babatunde Ibrahim, a student of English and literary studies in IBB university Lapai more…

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