Analysis of The shadowy creeper
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Shadowy faceless thing
Creeping slowly through the night,
Killing swiftly.
Shadowy faceless fiend
Reaching out into the night,
Doing evil.
Shadowy faceless beast
Sleeping through the daylight,
Frightening the dreamers.
Shadowy creature
Peeping down from a great height,
Watching passing prey.
Shadowy monster
Seeking a living diet,
To kill and feast on.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XAX XAX XAX BAX BXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101 1010101 1010 100101 1010101 1010 100101 10101 100010 10010 1011011 10101 10010 1001010 11011 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 408 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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