Analysis of THE CONDUCTOR
The Conductor leads an orchestra
As they play another song of death,
A song to freeze you to the marrow
A song to steal your final breath.
They play a mournful symphony
They play the Death March song,
They play it piano: very gently
They play it forte: loud and strong.
The Conductor leads a brass band
With cheerleaders marching ahead,
Revenants and phantoms march to
Werewolfs, vampires, the living dead.
He's conducting an undead chorus
As they chant out a song of pain,
Lewd and lurid harmonies which
Can drive any living being insane.
The Conductor leads an ensemble
Singing a loathsome dirge-like sound,
A song of pain, of hurt, and of fear
That brings the strongest person down.
The Conductor leads an orchestra
Playing yet another song of hate,
Spreading xenophobia all around
And calling down a dreadful fate:
A fate too solemn to mention
Like a tornado's monstrous squall,
Like Shoggoths in the darkness
When you can hear their evil call.
Night Gaunts haunt the township
Egregores corrupting the night,
The Conductor leads a horrid song
Which could make you die of fright.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Abxb cdcd xexe fgxg xhxx Aihi xjfj xkdk xxa |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 001011100 111010111 011111010 01111101 11010100 110111 1110101010 11110101 00101011 1101001 101011 1100101 10101110 11110111 10101001 1110101001 001011010 10010111 011111011 11010101 001011100 101010111 100100101 01010101 01110110 1001101 110010 11111101 111010 101001 001010101 1111111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,162 |
Words | 220 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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The Conductor leads an orchestra As they play another song of death, A song to freeze you to the marrow A song to steal your final breath.
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Written on December 01, 2022
Submitted by philip0157 on December 06, 2022
Modified on April 11, 2023
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