Analysis of Gossamer, a Falcon and a Story to Tell
Chief Speak-a-little-French 1980 (Calgary)
“I went to Devil’s Leap Gorge in actuality, but only dreamt of visiting Gossamer Falls.”
Gossamer is my favourite place on Planet Earth
I recall my camp beside the pool at Devil’s Leap:
It’s a wonderful peaceful place beneath the msasa trees
What scientists call Miombo Woodland
That runs the length of the ridge
Recovering from the climb up from Eastern Lakes yesterday
And almost without realising it
Thinking how precious it is to get some alone time in this busy world
Cape buffalo: A rare meeting.
People don’t expect to see big game in the hills
But in these lower reaches
You can stumble upon a pride of nature.
Alone, and yet –
Wish there was someone with me to share the sighting
The same goes for a falcon –
Flying like an airborne pen
Drawing its story on the cliffs of Devil’s Leap
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Metre | 11110110010110111001001 10011111101 111101011101 1010010101011 1100111 1101101 01001011110110 010111 101101111101101101 1100110 101011111001 1011010 11100101110 0101 11111111010 0111010 101111 101101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 794 |
Words | 146 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 3, 6, 3 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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