The Death Knell
Daramola Adekunle Lawrence 1970 (Lagos)
THE DEATH KNELL
Listen to the toll of the bell A sound of threnody foretold
An undertaker tolling a death knell Listen to the requiem how it was told
A life of many decades
In her prime brutally murdered
In a passage of bloodletting arcade A life carefully sired and 'mothered'
From onset you are cast to be great
Alas! Your greatness is your albatross
As melancholy laden you with no rate
Yet you Still bear your cross
Today the sound echoes
Far across and beyond horizon The mourning passage of a great ethos
That transcends all season.
Adieu Regina !
For My sister, Regina Fumbi Kehinde(nee Daramola) who joined the saint sometimes ago
Daramola Adekunle Lawrence
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Submitted by allenadekunledaramola on January 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 116 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 3, 1, 1, 1 |
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