Analysis of Crimson Tide Premiere
The crimson stream made its way
Seeping from his fatal wound
Flowing, pooling, in places congealing
People stared transfixed
Hypnotised by this crimson stream
That slowly flowed passed their feet
Rooted to the spot
Gawping at the deceased
Like they were some A-list celebrity
On a red carpet, a red carpet of blood
Flashing lights not cameras
But those of police cars
Finally, the spell is broken
This premiere was over
People got on with their daily lives
Like nothing ever happened
Their subconscious thirst for blood
Quenched for now.
©Gary Wayne Hill, 2020
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXXAXXXXXXAX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101111 1011101 10100101 10101 111101 1101111 10101 11001 1101010100 10110011011 1011100 111011 10001110 101110 101111101 1101010 1010111 111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 562 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 230 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
About this poem
A dark piece about murder and peoples fascination with it.
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Written on January 09, 2020
Submitted by garyhill2264 on April 26, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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