NO TIME FOR BED
The alarm for slumber, to awake in peace, in one piece to our glory.
No time for bed
2. Having heavy hearts, a looming cloud, a time to run, a time for bed.
No time for bed
3. With heavy hearts, no sleep to the eyes. No time for bed, the gloomy weather says.
No time for try bed
4. Panting heart can sleep, not in peace neither in one piece. A scared pleasure of tomorrow.
No time for bed
5. A hope to sleep tomorrow, tonight, today. Sleep beyond, Love, in my heart.
No time for bed
Analysis/ Review of the poem.
The poem titled “No Time For Bed” by Brown Mbadiwe centered on the need to be productive and make use of time effectively and wisely. This is a simple narrative poem in five stanza that emphasizes the need to utilize ones time and due to challenges of life which out of control, that brings about agony (which categorized as heavy heart) and restless night. The poet tone sounds like a warning to the readers. The language is very simple and easy to understand.
The first stanza address the point, which says “not to be lazy or be slumber because there is no time to sleep”. I believe this speaks to the youth to be productive and work hard and utilize their time because time waits for no one. Stanza four portraits the tension behind wasting ones time which is one life. See “…a scared pleasure of tomorrow”, which shows the reason behind the phrase “No time for bed”. For the sake of tomorrow or the future whuch we desire, we should see to make use of our time effectively with no execuses. Inorder to sleep/ enjoy tomorrow, there is need to sacrifice one sleep or time today. Work for tomorrow's bread, even it means to sacrifice today's comfort.
Poetic Devices used in the poem includes:
Repetition: there is constant repetition of the line “No time for bed” at the end of each stanza of the poem. Also in the poem, the phrase “heart” and “sleep” was repeated in the poem.
Alliteration: the repetition of usually initial consonant sounds in two or more neighboring words or syllables. It is seen in the first line of stanza Five “ tomorrow, tonight, today”. It is also seen in first line of stanza two “Having heavy hearts…”
Enjambment: the running over of a sentence from one verse or couplet into another so that closely related words fall in different lines. It is seen throughout the poem.