Analysis of The widow
Oluwafunmilayo Deborah Adebeshin 2004 (Ogun state)
The crown is gone!
Sitting down quietly
In the dark
In the cold night
With no one else
"The widow"
Thinking and Thinking
About what no one knows
Who could help ?
Thinking of where to start from
"The widow"
Slowly - Turning to the left
Slowly - Turning to the right
She thought of the pains
She had passed through
"Oh so sad !
The window becomes a second class among women.
She is going to pass through days of loneliness.
"The window"
Have always been a happy woman
Why I'm so full of tears ?
Asking no one in particular
"The widow"
She hates to see her children groan in pains!
Always trying to put on a smile
Even in the dark that's -
"The widow"
Going to sleep always with her mind not at rest.
"The window"
Scheme | xxxaxB xxxxB xacxxdxB dxxB cxxB xB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 101100 001 0011 1111 010 10010 011111 111 1011111 010 1010101 1010101 11101 1111 111 0100101010110 111011111100 010 11101010 111111 101100100 010 1111010101 11011101 100011 010 10111101111 010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 768 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 8, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The widow is seen as a second class among all other women, A second class because she lost her crown. The poem is specifically based on the windows thought, mood and feelings.
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Written on September 10, 2022
Submitted by adebeshindeborah8 on September 10, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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