Analysis of THE BONE COLLECTOR
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
A ghoul-like creature
Taking people by surprise,
Steals away their bones.
The bone collector
Takes to devour human bones,
From living people.
Only living bones
Are good enough for this fiend,
Leaving people dead.
The boneless corpses
Tell of the bone collector's,
Arrival in town.
Nowhere can be safe
When the Collector comes,
To take his gory trove.
A gruesome treasure
No pirate would ever seek:
The collector's pride.
Puzzled by murders
The police are clueless,
As the Collector kills.
One after another
Boneless corpses are found,
Still, none understands.
Till the collector
Heads for another place,
Leaving the town in fear
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXB ABX BXX XCX XXX AXX CXX AXX AXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) Etheree (27%) |
| Metre | 01110 1010101 10111 01010 11010101 11010 10101 1101111 10101 01010 1101010 01001 1111 100101 111101 01010 1101101 00101 10110 001110 100101 110010 101011 1101 10010 110101 100101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 673 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 30 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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