Analysis of The Losers



It perched on the wall
Bedside his window and
Busied itself pecking at
It's leg pretending to be
Unconcerned.

But he knew it wasn't
Normal bird in the sense
Of normality, it was a
Messenger bird not in
The mold of homing pigeons

Never at all in that mold
Or something trained to
Be like that or run errands
But accusing birds.

It was the year of covid 19
The internet overflowing
With fear mongers with
Solutions of every kind.

He was thinking that somewhere
In the jungle of Africa, there must
Be leaf, roots that are formidable
Enough to challenge this marauders

Why must it be left to threaten
Humanity in the way it did and
Even have the temerity to see
The threat through. Nay, it must

Be confronted. But once that thought
Formed in his heart, and how much
Whoever made the discovery first will
Make from the fear eaten earth citizens

It reacted and flew away to deliver what it
 Heard or what it thought it heard.
15 minutes later, a message concerning
His thoughts appeared on his smartphone

Originating from a communication
Outfit owned by a local citizen. A case
Of local witches joining forces with a
Foreign witches to prey, accuse and
Halt. Losers all.


Scheme ABXCX XXDEF XXXX BGXX XHXX IBCH XXXF XXGE IXDBA
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 11100 1001101 1101011 01 111110 101001 1100110 100110 0111010 1011011 11011 1111110 10101 110111 010100 11101 01011001 111011 0010110011 111111000 011101010 11111110 0100001110 1010010011 011111 10101111 1011011 01010010011 1101101100 10100101101011 1111111 1010010010 1101111 0100100010 11101010001 11010101010 101011010 1101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,212
Words 257
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 23

About this poem

Experience I heard when I first came back from abroad during Covid-19 year.

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Written on February 09, 2024

Submitted by Philipo on February 09, 2024

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Philip Ebuluofor

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