Analysis of The Monster Retsnom
The Dragon sleeps with gold
surrounding his walls and more.
Alone with treasures far greater
than any man has seen before.
The King, sitting on his throne,
with riches and peasants poor.
A touch of God placed at his feet
and yet his life remains a bore.
Both have powers granted
where pity has yet to bare,
Fortune and Fate collided
with a battle between the pair.
Dragons and Kings, the same.
Both be forgotten some day.
But their selfishness will remain
where the forgotten bodies lay.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 010111 0101101 01110110 11011101 0110111 1100101 01111111 01110101 111010 1101111 1001010 10100101 100101 1101011 11100101 10010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 488 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
I wrote this after reading a story about an epic battle between a king & a dragon that lasted generations, which ended up being lost in history and meant nothing in the end.
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Written on August 04, 1998
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on September 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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