Analysis of Murder
Countless screams that very night,
But this time I wasn't the one, Groaning and moaning,
But this time not of pleasure,
Blood dripping,
But this time, It wasn't mine.
Satisfaction spread abroad,
But this time I had my measure.
That little girl, that little child, The one you messed up for several years,
And derived pleasure with all your might,
Now has your life in her hands,
I would kill you a thousand times,
If I got the chance,
It's so sad, you only live once!
On this very night, You are mine,
I'd take a pound of flesh for every night,
To your cry, I will turn a deaf ear,
I'd send you to whoever made you,
I'd do so without fear.
To the upper chamber, my hand went,
The dagger in my hand, oh how you wept!
Deep into your heart,
The dagger went,
The look on your face,
Yes, your last!
My hand is stained,
So was my white.
My innocence you took,
Your life now mine,
How does it feel?
Deadening!
Rest on, dearest tormentor!
Now I'm a monster,
You were my mentor,
Fight your fears!
Well, I killed mine.
Call me a murderer,
I'm not bothered,
Alas, he doesn't breathe any longer.
Scheme | ABCBDXC EAXXXX DAXXXFXXFXXXAXDXB CCXEDCXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101 1111100110010 1111110 110 1111101 010101 11111110 11011101011111101 001101111 1111001 11110101 11101 11111011 11101111 11011111001 111111011 111101011 111011 101010111 0100111111 10111 0101 01111 111 1111 1111 110011 1111 1111 100 111010 11010 1011 111 1111 110100 1110 0111011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,129 |
Words | 250 |
Sentences | 13 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 17, 8 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 204 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
About this poem
After being sexually harassed by the man she took to be her father for many years, she comes back for revenge and takes laws into her own hands.
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Written on July 27, 2022
Submitted by frederickgoodness2808 on July 27, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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