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Lysistrata by Aristophanes

Israel Chinonye Uche 1957 (Aba)

Lyric
The women
of Athens
 needed their husbands
at home
to do the needful
to give them pleasure

But the men chose to
battle
with the Spartans.

The women of Athens
 went on a sex strike.
Yes, the women
of Athens
went on a  sex strike.

About this poem

Lysistrata led the women of Athens to embark on a sex strike to stop their husbands from fighting, and return home.

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Written on May 16, 2033

Submitted by Chinonyeisraeluche on May 16, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme aBxxcx xcb bdaBd
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 235
Words 54
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 3, 5
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Israel Chinonye Uche

Date of Birth: 18/9/57 Nigerian; Igbo BA(Hons) 1982,Theatre Arts, University of Calabar; PGDE, 1987,University of Nigeria, Nssuka Secondary School teacher( retired). Author and publisher more…

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