Analysis of Ode to a Flood
Kubor Dietei Gimeoin 1990 (Port Harcourt)
Let me sing you a sweet song,
A song as sweet as a grand piano
I have not heard you talk for once
Yet you make men talk about you
You draw out tears from your victims,
And make proud feet bow at your foot
Where are the LANDLORDS
Whose fingers are refined?
They have left lands and tenants behind;
You are the real lord whose presence chases other lords
Classic cars that splashed are being splashed
And feet walk underneath your water web
We hail you mighty conqueror,
Quiet quieter of running lips.
Scheme | XX XX XX AB BA XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 0111101010 11111111 11111011 11111110 01111111 1101 110101 111101001 1101111010101 101111101 011011101 11110100 101001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem after I witnessed a flood. It is a praise poem for its effortless achievement.
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Written on October 14, 2022
Submitted by Kudietei on October 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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