Analysis of The Pour
John Owoicho 1984 (Benue)
The clouds put on black
savaging beneath: heavily and furiuosly
The night ice coated
Without a companion at sight
Down narrow roads of quivers
Danced spines and veins
To the music of the night
And blankets stare, domantly, helplessly.
Whispering of the birds
The night's dominant, early to bed
Freedom denied.
Lousy songs of roofs and rafters
Echoed through the night.
Sight restricted by long legs
across faces glancing through windows
Deeply, the pour breathed.
Like a hungry lion's fury
I close my eyes, expunged
To dreamer land.
Escaping the music of the night
Seeming not to cease.
| Scheme | ABCDEEDBEFGEDEEHIJKDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111 1000110001 01110 01001011 110111 1101 1010101 01011100 100101 011001011 1001 10111010 10101 1010111 011010110 10011 10101010 111101 1101 010010101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 569 |
| Words | 98 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 475 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 98 |
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Submitted on January 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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