Analysis of Boy on a Swing



Slowly it moves
Tears jogging down my cheek
Born but homeless
In the developed bushy street
There I wander like a wanderer
Where trees gallantly standing
At their post like a ghost

I am an object of disdain
Every corner of the street
There I am enslaved
Rivers of savages visit me
Like a fountain flow
Gentle stones of mockery
Hitting me from every corner
Under the icy sun

Oh! What a nation
In the den of the affluence
Help is even helpless
And in the yard of the wretched
I am gifted with complaints

A world on it own
Nation where freedom is enslaved
Rich's castles in the air
And the plebs' in the mud his hut
Living like a church rat

Youths! Without common sense
Youth! Future of the nation, we say
Chasing air and dying for shadows
Which for a while it appears

One day at a time
Eager to be rich Without labour
Taking unreasonable risk
With no thorough examination
Tossing to and fro their futures and glory
Like a diamond cast before Pigs

When will life smile at me?
What will I in the future be?
When shall all these be?


Scheme XXABCXX XBDEXECF FXAXX XDXXX XXXX XXXFEX EEE
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 110111 1110 00010101 111010100 1110010 111101 11110101 10010101 11101 101100101 10101 1011100 101110010 100101 11010 00110100 111010 00011010 1110101 01111 10110101 1010001 00100111 101011 101101 110101011 10101011 1101101 11101 10111011 1001001 11100010 10101110010 10101011 111111 11100101 11111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,055
Words 226
Sentences 6
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 7, 8, 5, 5, 4, 6, 3
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

This poem discussed the feelings of a young boy, who has been through many hardship in life. He looks at every aspect of his life and he feels sorrow. Having examined the situation of his country Nigeria, he questioned himself although he knows the answer no.

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Written on October 06, 2022

Submitted by Ayomikunpatunola20 on September 02, 2022

Modified on April 30, 2023

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Pelumi John Patunola

I am a student of department of English and Literary Studies at Federal University of Oye-Ekiti. I am a lover of nature. Most of my work is based on nature, Human right, correction of societal ills. more…

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