Analysis of Up the wrong river
A convict transferring to prison in Sing Sing
Escaped on way up the river dressed as a priest
Ended up at Maryknoll seminary in Ossining
Reverend missing suitcase was innocently fleeced
Trying to avoid going to prison
Impersonated the reverend father
Didn't know priest was assigned to Amazon leper mission
Wishes now he had escaped a little farther
| Scheme | ABAB CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 010010110011 011110101101 1011110001 100101110001 1010110110 0100010010 10111011101010 101110101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Written on December 30, 2023
Submitted on December 30, 2023
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