Analysis of The beast beneath



Madness…
Characters, actors…
In my mind doth play
Presence, until the curtain call
Unknown, then afraid!

Seek to quell the voices
Run amok and askew
In depths, directors scream “action”
Then, they take their cue!

Next, Frantic desperation, panic!
The fray to change their will
Only thing to stand between the nightmare and the darkness now
A mislaid bottle lost, accompanied by suppressing pills

Amid mirrored reflections on the wall
The evil grins begins to grow
Cool breezes of the rotting stenches
From cities dark alleys upon my skins bestow

Into the night, lusting for fleshly desires
Gaslight lamps of familiarity ambers glow
Amongst victims in the mist of crusted, dirty streets of ire
Eclipsing, remnants of sanity left to passions throes!


Scheme ABXCX XDXD XXXX CEAE BEXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10 10010 01111 10010101 01101 111010 101001 01010110 11111 11001010 011111 10111010100101 001101010010101 0110010101 01010111 11010101 110110011101 01011011010 10110100101 011000111010111 01010110011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 735
Words 122
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 121
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Nighttiger

A fortyish native born all American man. Married twice and for the last time. I have four children; Three daughters and one son that are all over the age of eighteen. I also have two grandchildren; one three years old and one nine months old. Inspired by God, tragedy, life's experiences and then a fairy tale love. I never intentionally set out to write poetry, but "She" inspired me. "She" meaning the love of my life. That love is a passion that after thirteen years still grows stronger each and every day. It eventually had to be put into writing. As I wrote poetry to her, she encouraged me to approach other subjects. Doing so brought me to discover that poetry could wash away the bitter tastes of life (suicide, cancer, and divorce) that were still living like demons inside me. So when poetic therapy brought those impish fiends to a stalemate, I began to experiment more. Creating fictional characters and situations within my works. The support of this online community has inspired me even further to continue to hone my writing skills giving the readers the best that I can offer. Thanks to all you out there in Lulu land. more…

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