Analysis of Pit of Death, AKA Lake Nyos
Birds, butterflies, banteng, and buffalo.
Sleeping in silence through the thunderous strikes of the stormy nights.
The storm shakes them awake with the magisterial strikes of its mighty thunder.
The time to fear is drawing near, for as the storm settles, the killer stirs.
Creeping up from the crevices and cracks beneath their feet,
Stealthily stalking their prey as they search for food.
Soon he’ll strike, suddenly springing! But maintaining a soothing silence.
Rushing to suffocate it’s unsuspecting victim.
Causing prey to become paralyzed from the bite of this invisible killer.
And as the sun sets that night, you see the mass destruction in it’s wake.
The carcasses of the dead amphibians and vultures alike.
Left out to rot and lure in the next set of unsuspecting victims.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHCIJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 1001010100110101 0111011001001111010 011111011101100101 10110100010111 1101111111 11110010101001010 10110101010 1011011010111010010 01011111101010011 0100101010001001 1111010011101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
Characters | 777 |
Words | 128 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 53 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 632 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 128 |
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Submitted on July 28, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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