Analysis of THE SHADOW OF DEATH (II)
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
The shadow of death
Is drifting by like a cloud,
Of toxic gases.
Those who see it run
Those who don't fall lifeless,
Like a discarded doll.
Cats and dogs race off
Birds fall from the skies,
Nothing living is immune.
Lovers holding hands
On a midnight stroll collapse,
Killed as the cloud nears.
Revellers returning
From a late-night party die,
Metres from their home.
Street people dying
By the dozen, as the Shadow
Of death goes past.
A wandering drunk
Walks into the shadow and,
Is found dead at dawn.
The Shadow of Death
Passed through this town, taking
Many lives out with it.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Axx xxx xxx xxx bxx bxx xxx Abx xxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111 1101101 11010 11111 111110 100101 10111 11101 1010101 10101 101101 11011 100010 1011101 10111 11010 1010101 1111 01001 101010 11111 0111 111110 101111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 626 |
Words | 115 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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