The Skeptre
Meshack Bwoyele Keya 1960 (Vihiga)
Drip, drip, drip
Something dropped from nowhere
Its sound fell with the heartbeat
I felt weak
I clutched firmly to the skeptre
Involuntarily
My hand flew to my forehead
I touched something wet
It smelt blood
The smell was overbearingly strong.
I began drifting to sleep
The action uncontrollable and with urgency
I could not tell time and position
"Where was I?"
"What happened?"
I was going fast
My energy concentrated on the skeptre
Soon I was oblivious of anything
I felt the skeptre drop to the ground
"What was I doing?"
In the distance the war cry sounded
Is life worthy fighting for
Here I am
The king to be
Lying in a pool of blood
The skeptre of power on the ground
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Submitted by baby_p on June 04, 2021
Modified by baby_p on June 05, 2021
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | X A X X A X X B X X C X X X A D E D B X X C B E |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 681 |
Words | 130 |
Stanzas | 24 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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