Analysis of A fellow of the Geographic. His Indian jungles.
His Dad gave him
First rudimentary camera.
Took to the lush jungle
Of the sub-continent
Like a skipping roebuck.
Easily journied
As if it were
A harmless city sidewalk
Free of danger.
But danger.
Eyes alert always for
A shoot, a subject.
But also deadly eventualities.
Viper constricting
Mother tiger with cubs
Wild boar
Insects with bites insidious
Leeches, ticks.
Enormous wasps, beetles, stinging ants.
Flash floods.
Quicksand.
Sixth sense to understand
The do’s and don’ts
All smiling.
Waving hello to each
Discovered subject.
In his Jungle.
And National Geographic came calling.
Scheme | XXABXBCXC CDEFGFDFFFFH HFGXEA G |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 10100100 110110 101100 10101 1001 1110 010101 1110 110 10111 01001 110101 10010 101011 11 1110100 101 010110101 11 1 11101 0101 110 100111 01001 0110 0100010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 594 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 12, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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