Analysis of Waaihoek, Childhood Memories and a Case to Be Made



“Drinking Southern Comfort at the Hoare Hut, Waaihoek – “You See Tea”, South Africa and I see
Bvumba Coffee, Zimbabwe, An Institution of Higher Learning and The Parttime Alcoholic – Cryptic
Crossword”

It’s funny,
As the years take their toll,
I can still remember an alcoholic beverage I had
Before the turn of the millennium!!

Waaihoek? A central point in hindsight –
One among numerous mountain expeditions when I was a kid –
Race you to the peak?

Make sure there’s a cold one waiting at base camp -
Rites of passage South Africa.

The adults on the trip had a pet name for an alcoholic concoction:
“Snakebite”
It consisted of tequila, whiskey and brandy I think…
To be consumed in small sips at the end of a day hiking in the hills.


Scheme AXX AXXX BXX XX XBXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101010101111111100011 11001010101101000101010 1 110 101111 111010101010011 0101100100 1010101 1011001001011101 11101 11101110111 11101100 001101101111010010 1 101010101001011 110101110110110001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 745
Words 133
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 3, 2, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 115
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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