Analysis of "The Shadows"



Narrow,
Shadow,
Barrow,
Shallow,
Merely just a narrow shadow now-
Like Hades's pit so barrow, shallow black


Scheme AAAABC
Poetic Form
Metre 10 1 10 10 10101011 111110101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 102
Words 17
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 6
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

This poem brings to light about why we are naturally afraid of the dark and what lurks in them. Just like when you were a child, frightened by the dark.

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Written on May 24, 2021

Submitted by AlRH on June 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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