Analysis of YOUNG LOVE: THE DEATH OF INNOCENTS



Pale-faced monsters lurch
Through dark and sinister streets,
Hunting living prey
Hoping unwary lovers,
Will be out late in the night.

Seeking human food,
Hungry scavengers hunting,
Through dark alleyways
Stumble on lost innocents;
Living in a cardboard home.

Hunting human food
Red-eyed monsters are lurching,
Down darkened streets
Following young innocents,
Unaware of danger near.

Shadowy figures
Creeping through a lonely room.
Red eyes filled with lust
The sweet smell of death on pursed lips,
Innocents about to die.

Pale-faced strangers hunt
Through the dark and lonely night,
Creeping stealthily
Toward their intended prey:
Young lovers about to die.

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


Scheme XABCD EFXGX EFAGX CXXXH XDIBH XXI
Poetic Form
Metre 11101 1101001 10101 1001010 1111001 10101 1010010 1110 1011100 100011 10101 1110110 1101 1001100 011101 10010 1010101 11111 01111111 1000111 11101 1010101 101 0110101 1100111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 702
Words 110
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Pale-faced monsters lurch Through dark and sinister streets, Hunting living prey

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Written on February 17, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

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