Analysis of Dark Mysteries



From the east came certain dark mysteries
the silence absorbed simply overwhelmed

From non existence to a breeze to a wind
began blowing west hard and fast

Children in fear pressed faces
upon spotting window glass

Darkness crawled up and over the mountains from blue to blackened orange clouds thunder cracking to the ground

Gently left me wondering to the sound of drips in an instant

As we listened gently rose a tempo
as it grew raging mad

Beating upon this hypnotic drum
Along beside me as I sat
made a line to cross at an edge

Just beneath a cafe top swelled & dry
with coffee dreams this dark mystery
the thunder gained attention to its tune

Stopping all, a reason to stay
brought us together out of its way

Then to end with drops dripping
simply to admire

This Dark Mystery running through
cracks in a roof, to our thoughts

Now gone carried away


Scheme XX XX XX X X XX XXX XXX AA XX XX A
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101100 010011001 11010101101 01101101 1001110 0110101 1011010010111101011010101 1011100101110110 111010101 111101 100110101 01011111 10111111 101001111 110111100 0101010111 10101011 110101111 1111110 10101 11100101 10011101 111001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 865
Words 169
Sentences 1
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 2, 3, 3, 2, 2, 2, 1
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 13

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Just a storm

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Written on 1996

Submitted by geoffnet2000 on August 21, 2023

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Scott E Smith

Born 1968, Kentucky Began writing prose and Poetry in 1977 Completed Eight Chap Books in 1996 more…

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