Analysis of I know
GIDRAF MWANGI 1992 (Murang'a)
I know sadness all too well
That is why I am sympathetic
Lending an ear to others’ woes
And a shoulder to cry on
I know hunger too intimately
And I can’t stand his presence
I would rather be half full
Than see another half empty
I know despair’s gory glory
And all its macabre ravages
So I give all the hope I can
Though I may have none myself
I know helplessness and weakness
Though I wish I never did
So I always go to others’ aid
And lift the downtrodden
I know shame and embarrassment
And I am embarrassed to admit
That’s why I put on others’ shoes
And empathize with their predicaments
I know the loneliness of solitude
And the emptiness it causes
So I always reach out to others
Though I be a loner myself
I know the pain of unrequited love
The anguish of impossible love
But this I know not how to mend
As my heart is already broken
© GIDRAF MWANGI
Scheme | XXXX AXXA AXXB XXXC XXXX XXXB DDXC X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 11111010 10111101 0010111 111011000 0111110 1110111 11010110 11011010 011010100 11110111 111111 11100010 1111101 11111101 01010 11100100 011010101 11111101 010110100 110100110 00100110 11111110 1110101 110110101 010101001 11111111 111101010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 840 |
Words | 168 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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