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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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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