Analysis of THE ALMOST-PEOPLE

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Almost men hunting
For living human women,
To claim as their own.

Mutated creatures
Not quite human beings
Known as the almost-people.

Very close to human
The almost-people hide,
In dark alleyways.

Almost-people hope
To take over people's lives,
Then they will be real.

Almost-people hunt
Through night's dark thoroughfares,
Devouring human souls.

The almost-people
Lumber down dark alleyways,
Jealous of real folk.

Almost people suck
Living essence from humans,
Leaving nothing good.

Almost-people travel
Near dark lonely highways,
Hidden from traffic.

Almost-women seek
Men to take as husbands,
Not to be seen again.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme XAX XXB AXC XXX XXX BCX XXX BCX XXX XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1110 1101010 11111 1010 111010 110110 101110 01101 0110 1101 1110101 11111 1101 11110 0100101 0110 101110 10111 1101 1010110 10101 11010 11101 10110 1101 111110 111101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 662
Words 104
Sentences 10
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 30
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 56
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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