Analysis of Roaring of The Light



Roaring, screeching, wailing horror
Darkness raging, maddened roarer
Rising, burning, flashing wrath
Screaming void and lightning flash

Down went hammer, muddy mire
Doom is forged in bloody fire
Accursed sword is forged at last
By hammer swung in heavy blast

Chaos, chaos, trembling, trembling
Spirits, monsters, now assembling
Elder gods from lair and den
Take the form of twisted men

The void has screamed, the void has howled
Empty lands where demons prowled
Empty now for all have gathered
Monsters come and peace is shattered

Above the heavens darkness reigns
Or so it seems, all bound with chains
A storm of spirits, evil comes
Heralded by the foul drums

Chanting, rising voices screech
To drown the words the wise men preach
To drown the wild screams of the stricken
The foul drums begin to quicken

Golden meadows, silent streams
A broken people turn to dreams
A remnant of the light once in
The foul world now charred with sin

Flower fields and misty seas
A trembling people on their knees
Remember now the sacred things
The trembling broken voices sing

A bloody sickly conquered throng
Voices raised in sorrowed song
Rise above sick revelry
Of demons and their devilry

A song upon the wind is heard
Carried far above the birds
A message sent with holy breath
A song of beauty, noble death!

The land now hangs, in the balance
Lifeless are the demons talons
The voices, strong! Holy! Humble
The song of hope begins to rumble

Across the land the spell is broken!
For by the song the lords have woken
The fairy princes in shining mail!
Cast the spirits back to Sheol

Once forgotten, that song of light
A song once sung into the night
A dream so filled with breath of magic
A dream rekindled by death so tragic

For those last remnants had the grace
To see black death, face to face
They saw it there and sang beside it
They saw it smile… and they defied it

A song once sung beneath the depths
Now sung through street and cobbled steps
A night of death never forgotten
When hope most holy was begotten.


Scheme AAXX XABB CCDD XBEE FFGG HHII JJKK LLXC MMXA EXNN XXOO IIXO PPQQ RRSS XXIK
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Etheree  (35%)
Metre 10101010 101011 1010101 1010101 1110101 11101010 111111 11010101 1010100100 101010100 1011101 1011101 01110111 1011101 10111110 10101110 01010101 11111111 01110101 1001011 1010101 11010111 110111010 01101110 101101 01010111 01010110 0111111 1010101 010010111 01010101 010010101 01010101 101011 1011100 110011 01010111 1010101 01011101 01110101 01110010 10101010 01011010 011101110 010101110 110101110 010100101 1010111 10101111 01110101 011111110 0101011110 11110101 1111111 111101011 111101011 01110101 11110101 011110010 111101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 2,021
Words 375
Sentences 6
Stanzas 15
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 60
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

A poem telling the tale of maddening evil, brokenness, and a song of hope.

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Written on April 13, 2024

Submitted by juanpablocallejas on April 30, 2024

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Juan Pablo Callejas

Hello, My name is Juan Pablo Callejas. Poetry has always come very naturally to me, with many different tales growing from the wild fantasies in my mind. Most of my poems start very dark and heavy, but (as much as I try to deviate from this pre-determined path) always end up with light shining through. I love reading and writing poems, looking at the wonders of nature, and studying classical topics, such as philosophy and theology. I hope to have a pipe one day (when I am old enough) and read and smoke, in the footsteps of such men like Tolkien or Chesterton. more…

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