Youthful mistakes
Juwon Onifade 2005 (Oyo State)
No youthful sin can take
our pride away
We're just fingerlings in a pond viewing life a mile away
We made mistakes
Caution we wouldn't take
We were new to life
In life we saw another life
One that befits and brought us alive
Then we were awakened
from our own deception
Numerous mistakes already
Can't be mentioned
We were vulnerable
so we submitted to
pressure
Pressure from friends
and friends from pressure
Some fell into depression
But no!
We didn't submit to pressure
We took pride
A safety measure
It was youthfullness and
It was all nature
We took pride in our
past deeds : now sins
That won't take our pride
away they're just past
things
About this poem
A perfect description of teenage and youthful days, awakenings, regrets, pride e.t.c
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Written on July 30, 2022
Submitted by onifadejuwon on July 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABB XA CCX DEXD XXFXF EXFGFDF FXGXX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 668 |
Words | 139 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 5 |
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