Where I Am

So canto 1 is the shortest and needs the most work being only 40 lines (-50)

Canto 3 is nearly right at 88 lines (-2)

Canto 4 is far too short at 48 lines (-42)

Canto 5 is too short at 62 lines (-28) not too bad

Canto 6 comes in short at 60 (-30) and canto 7 is short at 68 lines (-22)

Canto 8 is 10 lines short at 80 (-10)

Canto 9 and 10 come in at 60 (-30,-30)

Canto 11 comes in short at 72 (-18)

Canto 12 is too long at 122 lines (+32)

Canto 13 is too long at 102 (+12)

Canto 14 is 76 lines long (-14)

Canto 15 is 88 lines long (-2) which is more like it

Canto 16 is 86 lines long (-4)

And canto 17 is 90 lines long, which is bang on.

I can't help think that some of the excess in 12 and 13 can be kicked around to help pad out the surrounding verses up to 14. The first few canto's need to be essentially rewritten from the start. They're too damn short, I had originally planned to do each canto down to about 40 or fifty lines but that didn't work out because of their descriptive nature and depth.

Oh well, as far as I can tell I'm about 282 lines in deficit at this point with 44 extra lines to throw about. Hmmmm, that seems a long way from half way.

I'm debating if I should go back now and rewrite the start and add what needs to be added or move on. I'll have to have a think about that today.