Analysis of FROM OUT OF THE DARK
From out of the dark
Horrid visages loom,
Strange man-like beings
That hunt beneath the moon.
Abominations are crawling
Around this sordid town,
Leaving an acidic slime trail
As they slither 'cross the ground.
Unnameable horrors lurching
Through the streets toward you,
Foul carnivores of the night
With lethal spines to run you through.
Shadowy figures following you
From sundown until sunrise,
Winged Verdillacs fly overhead
Haunting the midnight skies.
Prehistoric winged reptiles
Compete with the hungry Verdillacs,
Hoping to catch a sight of you
So they can swoop down and attack.
From out of the dark
Malignant beings follow,
Resounding like the voice of death
They give out a monstrous bellow.
Through the malevolent night
Baneful creatures are hunting,
Pig-like atrocities that are following
Giving out obnoxious grunting.
Terror fills the sordid night
Within this loathsome village,
Sea-, land-, and airborne fiends
All plunder, rape, and pillage.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | Axbx cxxx cded dfxf xbdx Agxg eccc exxx xxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11101 1011 11110 110101 1110 011101 10101011 1110101 11010 101011 110101 11011111 100101001 11011 111101 10011 010110 0110101 10110111 11111001 11101 0101010 01010111 11101010 1001001 110110 11010011100 10101010 1010101 0111010 11011 1101010 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,038 |
| Words | 182 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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From out of the dark Horrid visages loom, Strange man-like beings That hunt beneath the moon.
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Written on August 11, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on January 14, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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