Analysis of Mama Africa



Sweet smell of roses and jasmine
      She swings you can notice
            The song on her lips
     Gives a sound of good music
           She fetches the wood
              and makes the fire

Light up the every fortnite sky
            dance the night in style
                   Gyrate in circle
To the sound of the evening wind
       they say the beautiful ones
                   are not yet born
              but if you asked me
           I say you may be wrong

I have seen the sun shine
         I have seen the moonlight


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Poetic Form
Metre 11110010 111110 01101 1011110 11001 01010 11010011 10101 1010 10110101 1101001 1111 11111 111111 111011 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 577
Words 89
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 8, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 104
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Mama Africa is set on the beauty of the Africa Woman that portrays a free spirited aura when finds herself in association with nature.

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Written on May 01, 2022

Submitted by malikimuhammed on September 30, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emodu Egbokhewe (Maliki Muhammed)

Biography: I am Nigerian born and currently reside in Lagos, Nigeria. My exploit in the art of poetry is dated back to elementary school days, when my class teacher discovered my flair for pencil sketches and drawings. She would provide me a cardboard, a pencil, an eraser and a photo sample of what she wanted me to replicate, of which, after school hours, I would get busy with the drawing work. Over the times, I am able to develop a sense of imagery with words as well as an appreciable poetry skill along with other artforms such as spoken words, song-writing, music composition and recording. more…

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