Analysis of Where Is it now?
Vunene Alicia Hlungwane 2006 (Malamulele)
WHERE IS IT NOW?
The love and affection
The time and attention
The forgiving and forgetting
Where Is it now?
The laughter and smiles
The shoulders we gave one another
The sharing and caring
Where Is it now?
All gone like a wind that blows,
Or the spring flowers that glow?
Was it all a shooting star that we see
Once or twice a year,
Or the blood moon that we don't
Even notice?
Where Is it now?
All scattered like winter clouds,
Or lost like a man who wanders around?
Was it snatched by a thief,
Or commanded to leave by the chief?
Where Is it now?
The vows we exchanged
The memories we created
And the hardships we conquered
All for nothing?
Where Is it now?
| Scheme | A bbcA xxcA xxxxxxA xxddA xxxcA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 010010 010010 00100010 1111 01001 010111010 010010 1111 1110111 1011011 1110101111 11101 1011111 1010 1111 1101101 1110111001 111101 101011101 1111 01101 01001010 0010110 1110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 675 |
| Words | 156 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 7, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 26 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
The poem is about people who've lived with each other for a long time(may be lovers or family).These people are everything to each other,but now a great challenge came their way and ruined everything.
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Written on July 24, 2022
Submitted by vunenealiciahlungwane on July 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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