Lettered to the north

Lettered to the north

Lettered to the north

LETTERED TO THE NORTH

By

AKINJOBI OLAMIDE SAMUEL

Doped and bogged

In fear

Of what life has hanged

As I onward move near.

The caliphate,

Your story in mileage unknown

Thy sweet sour gist

With a pinch of salt, forlorn.

Lettered to the north,

Eyes bade me farewell but hollow.

From nether west to furthest north,

Nestling-like bound for Sokoto.

Lettered in the name of fatherland

The twelve, shall I stay?

In fear of peace perchance forfeited

There, shall I lay?

Lettered though, there I got

The very antithesis

Blown in full blot

With no truist nemesis

The sweet smell of success -

There, the bride, now possess!

STANZA-BY-STANZA ANALYSIS

STANZA 1 - This talks about how the persona becomes fearful after he had received his call-up letter to go and observe his National Service in northern Nigeria. Due to all sort of ill comments he had got from all and sundry, he does not know what life has in stock for him there.

STANZA 2 - The place of his national assignment happens to be the caliphate. As a young man, he is unsure of the mileage to cover before getting there. In another sense, he does not know what gains are in stock for him.Therefore, he makes up his mind to take whatever ill comments he had got with a pinch of salt. Afterall, experience is the best teacher.

STANZA 3 - The persona expresses how his people saw him off, bidding him farewell. But he sees it on their faces a sign of sadness mixed with insincerity as they think it is done with him. He reminisces how he is sent from the nether west to a faraway north like a nestling - a very young bird who is not mature enough to leave his mother's nest.

STANZA 4 - The persona wonders if he is sent that far, will he spend a whole year (the twelve) there? This, if it happens, then it is all in the name of his fatherland. Due to all the bad impressions he had got from people especially that the north is a war-stricken place, he wonders if they be true and his peace becomes forfeited, then his soul will lay to rest there.

STANZA 5 - Here, the persona has become experienced finding all that people have told him to be different from the reality. The place that he was posted for his national assignment - Sokoto - happens to be a peaceful and lovely place. They are purely false all he had been told. There was no casualty of any sort either mass-imposed or individual-imposed. "No truist nemesis".

STANZA 6 - The persona now feels satisfied with all that happened and his achievements. A place that has been said to be a hell turned the very haven where he met the very lady who became his wife. Pure irony of life do I hear you call it?

POST COMMENT

For your special events always remember Los Angeles Party Bus How to Slim Down Fast - 3 Advices You Must Follow How to build a chicken coop easily B-52H Stratofortress: Cadillac of the United States Air Force Fitted Sheet Dimensions How to build a chicken coop cheaply 6 Ways To Boost Targeted Traffic The day in a life of a normal Cardiff resident in preparation for the Roysal Marines How To Make 1 Million Dollars In One Year In America Know about best anti wrinkle reducers How being in the shape of my life has helped me What are anti wrinkle reducers made of? Phobia For Being Alone - Fear Of Being Alone