Analysis of Belgian Expedition in trouble.
We have lost our way
Sad to say so
Belgian funded expedition
Struggling through dense
With intent to reach the
Large mammal presence
Is said to be thriving there
We bring with us
Meteorologists and trackers.
To take account.
And to watch out for each other.
But the jungles have turned us in circles
Our compasses baffled.
The skies hidden.
Our skin ravaged by insects
Our sleep tormented by screams
Of the hunt, night birds.
Also haunted by the prospect of
Slithering, constricting visitors.
One kill and they can
Sleep for months.
With all the progress leading
Up to this late summer of 1894
One might think that
We would manage
Better than this.
The Geographical Society command better.
Bring on some sleep.
Three native bearers keep watch.
Stout hearted chaps.
Scheme | X X A X X X X X B X C X X A X X X D B X X X D X X X C X X X |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 111101 1111 1010010 10011 101110 11010 1111101 1111 00100010 1101 01111110 1010111010 10110 0110 1011011 1011011 10111 101010101 100010100 11011 111 110110 1111101 1111 1110 1011 0010001000110 1111 1101011 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 916 |
Words | 213 |
Sentences | 18 |
Stanzas | 30 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 21 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Emerging from the heart of Congo.
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