Analysis of The Island of Sacrifice



The story I tell you, I tell you in truth
Though it's not to offend if needing proof
But what I saw, I'll never forget –

We anchored according to depth and tide
The rosary beads clanged against my side
The natives were naked, and so young –

They thought we were gods in our armor
We showed to them gold, we hoped to garner
They motioned for us which way to go –

The deep forest green so thick and wild
By visions of riches, our minds were beguiled
Medina del Campo was in my heart –

My body was wet and it longed for the breeze
That brushed on my face and twisted the leaves
Something was telling me that we were near –

The jungle then opened, and before us a path
Upon reaching its end we all stood aghast
The face of a demon was cut out in stone –

What we saw then was a gruesome sin
The parts of a child ripped limb from limb
And blood was painted on the walls –

Then from the brush came some evil priests
With blood in their hair and holes in their teeth
One was dressed in human skin –

Forgive me this image that I've depicted
But it's meant to explain why we did what we did
Judge me by my swords if it had been in your hand –


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Poetic Form
Metre 01011111101 1111011101 111111001 1100101101 0100110111 010010011 1110101010 1111111110 110111111 011011101 110110101001 0101101011 11011011101 1111101001 1011011101 010110001101 01101111101 01101011101 111110101 011011111 01110101 110111101 1101101011 1110101 01111011010 111101111111 111111111011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,124
Words 235
Sentences 1
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on August 23, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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