Rejected Stone
Osakue Omoera 1973 (Benin City)
Gather those stones
And polish them all but this I forbid you
Why sir?
Do as I instruct
Docility is your portion
How long will I drum this?
Forgive sir
Take no cognizance of my mouthing
Rejected stone
I’m hamstrung at nourishing you
I don’t know the crime in you
To deserve this grim short-changing
But drawing you nigh I will
And nursing you, I will too
Staking my breath for you
With my meagre mite
For your mien is auspicious
And angst twines me like a passionflower
Does a palm tree
To see your diamond body lay unpolished.
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Submitted by OsakueOmoera on April 21, 2021
Modified on March 10, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | X A B X X C A A C X A A X X D D B |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 99 |
| Stanzas | 17 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
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