Analysis of Ngiphilela ini!
Thembi Ndlovu 1994 (Johannesburg South)
Kungani kwamele ngiphile?
Kungani ungigcinile emhlabeni?
Kungani ungathathi umphefumulo wam?
Ngiphilelani nje!
Ungiphiliselani?
Ungigcineleni?
Ungibekeleni?
Ngisaphilelani kodwa?
Kungani ngiphilela ezimathonsi?
Kungani ngiphilela ubunzima bomhlaba?
Kungani kungena zwelo kimi na?
Ngibulele bani, ngijeza nje?
Izinkinga zomhlaba ngiphila nazo mhla.
Akukho ukuphumula emoyeni wami.
Kumapheketwana konke emphilweni wami
Kanti yisiphi isono sami kule zwe?
Thatha umoya wami enyameni!
Thatha lo mphefumulo senganele!
Kuyefana ngoba ngiyafana nongasekho.
Kungani ngingazumeki ngishiye lomhlaba?
Ngiphilelani na!?
| Scheme | ABCD BBBE XFBD ACCE BAXFB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111 111 1111 11 1 1 1 11 111 1111 11111 1111 11111 1111 1111 1111011 1111 1111 1111 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 610 |
| Words | 93 |
| Sentences | 20 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
About this poem
The pain of trying so hard to make something out of life but it keeps dragging down Lost all the hopeless in the world
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