Analysis of Lull of the lugubrious life



To the lean road I walk, tears in my eyes, emotion in my heart. Struggles and hardships taking over me.
A long high way to catch in the midst of the hades. Wanting to live in an unscrupulous wisdom, my heart leapt to embrace my freedom.
A’last! Goodbye struggles and the giants of life. Oh, freedom is the broadway of life.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10111110110100111001010101 0111110011010101101010010111101110 111000101111010111
Characters 325
Words 63
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 84
Words per line (avg) 20
Letters per stanza (avg) 251
Words per stanza (avg) 61

About this poem

I was inspired by a little spark ignited years back as a boy in a busy poor village where everyone seems to be working but not making much. Same way, sadly, there’s still homes going hungry and the leftovers on our tables are trashed...

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Written on January 02, 2019

Submitted by talktosgnow on July 12, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Uche Godwins

I’m a performing artist, visual storyteller and creative director, apart from writing and poems. Living in rural Imo state Nigeria was a challenging encounter but also a befitting ground for daily improvement and hope to dream. more…

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