Nightmares



He's Coming
To My room
My Fear Grows

At My Door
Knocking Grows
Not a Dream

The Door Creaks
Reveals it
Dreams go, Black,

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This is a tricube poem, focusing on what makes our nightmares scary.

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Submitted by cgreenberg on May 11, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXA XAX AXX
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 121
Words 26
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3

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