Analysis of THE SOUL-EATER (II)
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
The Soul-Eater loves
Creating once-were people,
Devouring their souls.
When he takes a soul
The person stays alive but,
Now is not human.
The once-were people
Are created by this monster,
Leaving them mere shells.
Any soul will feed him
Teenagers or Adults,
Or the elderly.
But his favourites
Are the souls of young children
Juicy and so sweet.
In a mere household
He takes the souls of children,
And little babies.
But sometimes he feasts
Young soul are so plentiful,
At an orphanage.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABX XXC BXX XXX ACX XCX XBX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101 0101010 010011 11101 0101011 11110 01010 10101110 10111 101111 10101 10100 111 1011110 10011 0011 1101110 01010 10111 1111100 11100 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 535 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 56 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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