Analysis of The Red Ridges LXVII



Hems! Ijendu, have you finished mending the freezer?
You must take care that our fishes may be well preserved
You must save for today and tomorrow, home and abroad
You should have a ready reckoner in your head

Have you oiled and fueled the generator?
Have you changed the plugs and the change overs switches
This business does not tolerate breaks in transmission
The trawlers are coming in and the drag nets are heavy

Its your fish to freeze, fry, dry and market
Its your price to fix, try, manage and adjust
Its your pond to build, grow, harvest and recycle
Its your river to invest in, divert, catch and pool resources

Into co-operatives and interactives that trade well
Into recipes and menus that count the hours good
Like the adventurous point and kill and take home
Like the tell tale pepper soup and skillful cutleries

So here is your show case and air-conditioned eatery
Be careful how you charge the idle times that waste
Be mindful how you manage the crowded times that sell
That no teeth may be broken trying to smile over a meal


Scheme AXXX ABXC XXXX DXXB CXDX
Poetic Form
Metre 11111010010 11111101011101 1111010011001 1110101011 1110100100 111010011010 110111010010 01011000011110 1111111010 11111110001 111111100010 1110101001101100 011100001111 01100010110101 100100101011 10111010101 11111101010100 110111010111 1101110010111 111111010111001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 1,021
Words 187
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 42
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 168
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Tochukwu Esq

Tochukwu Callistus Ipere is a contemporary Nigerian Poet born in Enugu. Tochukwu is a native of Ideato North in Imo State, South East Nigeria. Tochukwu was educated at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka and the Chartered Institute of Administration, CIA where he qualified as an Associate, (ACIA) in Corporate Administration and Finance in 2011. He currently has four publications (all collections of poems)to his credit, The Creeping Fire Of Hope SGS,IMT Enugu ,1999, Dance Of The Golden Baby, Delta Enugu 2000, Get The Way and Dignity, Madonna University Press Enugu 2011 and Xlibris Publishing Corporation USA 2011.Tochukwu Ipere has won many awards as a poet these include: 1. The International Poet Of Merit Award 2001. 2. National Judge/Advocate of poems @ website http://www.poets.com 2005. 3. International Poetry Achievement Award 2007. 4. Editor's Choice Poetry Awards 2006,2007,2008. 5. International Who's Who Golden Poet Award 2007.6.International Poetic Ambassador to the International Society of Poets 2007.Tochukwu was an executive member of the Association of Nigerian Authors ANA Enugu State chapter from 1999 to 2003. He is active online and the founder of a Causes page called Support African Poetry. He has a Post Graduate Degree in Education PGDE with the National Teachers Institute NTI Kaduna. He is currently studying for a masters degree in Educational Administration in the National Open University of Nigeria(NOUN). He has interest in music and is a song writer. Tochukwu has up to 800 poems to his credit.[edit] References Ipere, T.C(2011) Get The Way, Enugu: Madonna University Press Profile on Lulu.poetry Ipere, T.C(1999) The Creeping Fire Of Hope, Enugu: School of General Studies, Institute of Management and Technology Ipere, T.C(2000) Dance Of The Golden Baby, Enugu: Delta Publications more…

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