A sleepy town
At midnight, strange creatures are out.
And sleepers don't care about
All kind of vampire
Who fortify their night empire.
The insomniac doesn't find a pill,
Which is fallen in a coffee mill.
Nightly predators find their paradise.
Even the insects' shining eyes paralyze.
The mew becomes like the roar
And walkers become more rare.
The shadow of the trees appears as a monster,
Who terrifies dreamers through the dream.
The prey develops a camouflage by instinct,
While darkness encourages breach.
So Crabs are gathering for swimming at the beach
And the gecko tries to catch in vain a little insect.
At the dawn weak creatures are beaten.
So the somnambular doesn't listen
To the magic ring of the gongs
When owls strike up gloomy songs.
About this poem
write about the danger of the night
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Written on 2002
Submitted by jacqmain2002 on September 09, 2021
Modified on April 25, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | AAXB CCXX XXBX XDDX EEFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 721 |
Words | 126 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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