Analysis of Africa Phaphama
Afrika phaphama”
Afrika phaphama o fudufela leraha esere metsi a psha
O a bona, ho ba mosehle o hlakafotse
sehakisi o hakile bo Rantsho masapo
Molaleng, kgang kagadi kgang
Ya ba ha mangange ho suwa kobo
Diqola, qola la mmadihlofa pharela
Ho epa thaba, ho epa thaba a tswalle
Bo rantsho tse ntle ho ikotla sefuba.
Afrika phaphama o fudufela leraha
Leraretsi ntshing tsa mesiko
Ho theha mekganya re letile,
Re letile ka tshepo tshepisong
Tsa maleme a monate dimomonane
Toro tsa bahanyapetsi re lora re shebile,
Tadimang ka diala le tswerele dithaka
Thaka tsa mahlo mosehle a se le koinyetse,
Borokong ha ja thoko moruo wa Afrika o
Leba masihlwane, seepi sa ona motshwara
Kepi ka bohaleng, mosehle lesa Afrilka e iphumane.
Afrika phaphama o fudufela lehara
Raha la metsi fuduha letsha o bone
Bokagabo o kagbile, o kgabile ka taemane,
O kgabile ka Gauta mpeng ya mesiko ya thaba tsa hao o
Momme oil o momme platinum, metsi o a kgakeditse
Ka diatla, mobung wa hao o phuthetse, o phuthetse manoni
O phuthetse o lwantsha tla, Rantsho se etse matsoho masoto
Kagre tsa senana motlisa tlhopheho, phahamisa phatla o phatlalatse
Mahlo o ikemele, tshweu hadi tswane mosehle phepheletsane,
E lang hloko le bone leraba, raba dikarohano
Ho qhalakanya, le tsekang hale jana maro ntja tsa
Setsumi, o na opile kgomo lenaka Lepoqo ntshweng
La hae ho kgalema, lesang ho supana ka menwana,
Ma Afrika ipopeng ngatana nngwe, ntja pedi ha e hlolwe
Ke sebata. Afrika phaphama o fudufela leraha e sere metsi a psha o a bona.
Scheme | XXAXBCDDC XBDBEDBAFGE GEEFAEXAEEABEXE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 111111101 101011111 111111 1111 1111111 11111 11111101 1111111 11111 1111 11111 11111 11011 101111011 111011 11110101 11111111 1111011 111110111 11111 1111111 1111111 111111111111 1111101101 1111111111 1111111111 111111111 11111111 11101111 11011101011 11111111 111111111 1111111111 1111111111011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 1,506 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 11, 15 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 403 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 87 |
About this poem
Its a Sesotho poem about arousing the spirit of Africans, to be proud and love their continent, secure its resources and utilize them to benefit Africans, pleading for peace and stability within the continent.
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Written on November 27, 2022
Submitted by yakanalane on November 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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