stanza 1
Gazing through my spectacles,
I began to observe the environment,
ding-ding and kpla-kpla were the sounds,
The class's state made me wallow in disdain.
stanza 2
I had swerved my eyeballs off my book,
The noises got me in a hook,
There was argument on one end,
The other end got me confused.
stanza 3
I leaned my forehead on the table,
With my long tie facing south,
T'was as if I had visited the market,
But suddenly silence visited.
stanza 4
The atmosphere was filled with serenity,
Thought death visited all except me,
My heart beating in nano-seconds,
To clear my doubt I looked up hastily.
stanza 5
All eyes focusing on the same direction,
With curiosity I followed suit,
Her beauty caught their attention,
Behold! It was my inamorata.
stanza 6
Having her was like heaven to me,
Her beauty was immeasurable,
If I were God I would take her as wife,
Kpoho-Kpoho - she's MY INAMORATA!
PROPERTIES OF THE POEM
Author / Writer- Gabriel Ogbeche aka gabeman
Date/Time- 04/05/2018, 15:00 "Nigerian Time"
It's a 24 line poem with 6 Stanzas, Each stanza having 4 lines,,, Each line is separated by a comma(,).
Enjambment / Run-on-Lines was not used in the poem..
Enjambment is when a sentence has more than one line or runs through two lines and above.
In this case, there's none like that.the poem explained: it's a classroom setting with students making noise so loudly and annoyingly, I had no choice but to close my book and attempt to sleep. But suddenly everywhere became silent and what prompted the silence was the intrusion of my girlfriend, whom I termed, "my inamorata"
FIGURES OF SPEECH:
stanza1 line3- Onomatopoeia
ding-ding and kpla-kpla were the sounds
- stanza3 line3- Simile
T'was as if I visited the market
- stanza3 line4- Personification
But suddenly silence visited
- stanza4 line2- Personification
thought death visited all except me
- stanza6 line1- Simile
Having her was like heaven to me
- stanza6 line4- Onomatopoeia
Kpoho-Kpoho- she's my inamorata!
A big thanks to my Literature in English Teacher back then in high school days.. Your impact will forever me applauded.
