Analysis of THE DARKLING
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Terror drawing near
Man-shaped but without features,
The Darkling lives on fear.
The Darkling feeding
Upon fear and frustration,
Driving people mad.
The Darkling resides
Within all children's nightmares,
Feeding on their fears.
Living off sorrow
Terror and our mistrust,
The Darkling grows stronger.
The darkling spreading
Fear and chaos worldwide,
Feeding his evil thirst.
Living on terror
The Darkling sucks away fear.
Leaving false courage.
The Darkling visits
People when they're sleeping,
To slip inside their dreams.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXA BXX XXX XXC BXX CAX XBX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101 1110110 01111 0110 0110010 10101 0101 011101 10111 10110 1001001 01110 0110 101011 101101 10110 011011 10110 0110 101110 110111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 573 |
| Words | 88 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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