Analysis of Fishing
Walt Sisikin 1953 (Santiago)
I took the week off work and went fishing the whole time, the whole week
The first day off work I felt like I was doing something wrong, I felt meek
I had some friends go with me, on my boat
We traveled for about an hour and a half to get to our fishing spot
As we anchored, there was such anticipation and disbelief that we finally were going to catch the big halibut, as big as a goat
We were ready to catch as many as we could fit in the cooler, it is a big cooler, we were ready to catch a lot
Throughout the day, we caught a few salmon, sculpin (Double Uglies) and a big skate
The weather was pleasant, the company was fine and no one wanted to leave the fishing site
Needless to say, we left to go home pretty late
Everyone had been waiting for the big one to bite
Unfortunately, it didn’t happen this time
However, there is hope, the next trip we will have to start out earlier, so that the halibut are hungry and they take the bait, including the slime
Next time for sure, yep, the big one is waiting, I know it’s going to be mine.
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Metre | 1101110110011011 011111111110101111 1111111111 11010111000111110101 1110111001000111100010110110011101 1010111101111001011011010101101 010111011011010011 01011001001101110110101 101111111101 101110101111 01000111011 101110111111111001101001100110101001 1111101111011110111 |
Characters | 1,046 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 13 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 62 |
Words per line (avg) | 16 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 807 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 209 |
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