Analysis of DEAD OF NIGHT
In the dead of this awful night
When nothing good would be outside,
Evil stalks the darkened alleyways
And creatures great and small hide.
Shadowy figures reaching out for you
As you are slowly walking along,
Wicked beings are longing for you
Their carnal cravings are oh so strong.
Dreadful desires are filling the night
As unwarily, you're passing nearby,
Unknowing of their lascivious needs
As overhead, winged creatures fly.
Maleficent beings following behind
Do they want to rape you? Or eat you?
Either event could be possible
So which one of them is the truth?
In the dead of this toxic night
Licentiousness fills the atmosphere,
As lumbering shadows move toward you
Filling your heart with burning fear.
Murderous instincts fill the air
Suggestive breezes lowly mutter,
Words of doom or lustful threats?
As the freezing night air stutters.
"Go home!" the howling wind warns
As you start running homeward,
Trying to outpace the lusty followers
As they start thundering forward.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABXB CDCD AEXE XCXX AFCF XXXG XHGH XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00111101 11011111 10101010 0101011 1001010111 111101001 101011011 110101111 1001011001 1111011 0101101001 11011101 11010001 111111111 100111100 11111101 00111101 11010 110011011 10111101 10010101 010101010 1111101 10101110 1101011 1111010 1011010100 11110010 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,040 |
Words | 174 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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In the dead of this awful night When nothing good would be outside, Evil stalks the darkened alleyways And creatures great and small hide.
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Written on August 13, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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