Analysis of Dark Wood (Halloween)
Deep in darkest twisted wood
Where hollow eyed crooked trees
Look greedily upon the unwary.
A squeak of bats and howl of wild dog
Slice the chill night air.
Spindly wart infested fingers shield
The unwanted light of the moon.
Beauty, happiness and innocence
Relish to be devoured,
Made helpless by trickery and spell.
To survive these demons in their lair,
Strength and focus of mind is key
For they will poke and elaborately
Deceive to disclose your weakness.
Do not feed these creatures.
Never be tempted by this path.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010101 1101101 1100010010 011101111 10111 11010101 00101101 101000100 1011010 110110001 101110011 10101111 111100100 01101110 111110 10110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 505 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 2 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 211 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 45 |
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Submitted on March 10, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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