Analysis of Empty promises
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
You promised me
To play with me hockey
You promised me
To buy me a rake
You promised me
To teach me how to bake
You promised me
A heart shaped X-Mas cake
You promised me
Specially cooked mandrake
You promised me
To take me to the Kindaruma lake
You also promised me
Not to meet the promises if I reminded you
‘The empty promises you make!’
© GIDRAF MWANGI
| Scheme | AaAbAbAbAbAbaxb x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 111110 1101 11101 1101 111111 1101 011111 1101 10011 1101 1111011 110101 1110100110101 01010011 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 348 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 15, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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