Analysis of The summit
In the frozen wastes of Antarctica
the only thing lacking
was the Sun...
which was found in excess
only in the Sahara Desert.
In the heat and aridity of the Sahara
the only thing lacking was...
an Oasis
which was found in excess
only in the Amazon rain-forests.
Immersed in the Amazon Oasis
the only thing lacking
was the Summit...
which was found in excess
only in the Himalayan Mountains.
Now that I've reached the highest summit
in the Himalayas
I see that you can't dream of
anything higher than this...
On the Summit
the security and serenity
are so soothing and undisturbed
that I could literally
die of Loneliness...
So for that reason..
since I want to live
the only solution is descent..
Translation by
PHILIP RAMP
| Scheme | aBcDx axeDx eBfDx fgxe fhxhg cxx xx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001011100 010110 101 11101 100001010 0010110010 0101101 1010 11101 100010110 010010010 010110 1010 11101 100001010 111101010 00010 1111111 101011 1010 0010000100 1110001 1111000 11100 11110 11111 010010101 0101 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 695 |
| Words | 128 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 4, 5, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 29 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on October 29, 2014
Modified on March 14, 2023
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