Analysis of BLOOD RITES
Blood rites are performed
In a dire forest after twilight,
Loathsome rituals condoned
By foul servants of the night.
Virgins taken from their beds
Whisked off into the awful night,
Sacrificed to abhorrent "Gods"
Beneath the blood moon's light.
Creatures that once were human
Lurch round a blood-stained altar,
Spilling bloody from sweet children
Without hesitation, without falter.
Performing 'neath an odious moon
For some malignant, fallen God,
Thrown to Earth now æons ago
Carousing with a monstrous squad.
Blood rites are performed
Soon after the coming Darkfall,
Miscreants from repulsive lands
Join in to answer an evil call.
Invidious beings scamper
Round the alter after dark,
Leviathans join the foul caucus
Vampires wail, werewolfs bark.
Menacing the citizenry
Colossuses obscenely dance,
Around the blood-stained alter
Goblins and elves slowly prance.
Nauseating beings quickly scamper
Round the repulsive alter stone,
In aberrant swirling motions
Hell hounds gnawing human bones.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Abxb xbxb cdcd xexe Afxf dgxg xhdh dxxx xxf |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11101 00110101 1010001 1110101 1010111 11010101 1010101 010111 1011010 1101110 10101110 010100110 010111001 11010101 1111101 01010101 11101 1100101 10010101 101101101 01001010 1010101 110110 10111 10001000 101001 0101110 1001101 100101010 10010101 00101010 1110101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,074 |
Words | 185 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Blood rites are performed In a dire forest after twilight, Loathsome rituals condoned By foul servants of the night.
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Written on April 03, 2022
Submitted by philip0157 on April 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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