Analysis of ALL HALLOWS EVE
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
On All Hallows Eve
Witches ride the sky on broomsticks,
Werewolves and vampires,
Goblins, ghosts, and ghouls seek out,
Human beings to torment.
Terrible beaked mouths
On creatures that love the dark;
Massive misshaped heads
Foul, reeking, putrefied flesh,
On wriggling monstrosities.
A deadly omen
Hovering just overhead,
A portent of death
Lurking just out of vision,
Just out of sight of its prey.
Dire visions calling
Psychedelic terror dreams,
Descent into madness:
Bat-winged fiends with lethal fangs,
And talons, visit your room.
On Hallowe'en night
Living souls shudder, hiding;
Samhain's midnight ride
Sees many people fall dead:
A sickle-wielding fiend strikes.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XAXXX XXXXA BCXBX DXXXX XDXCX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 1010111 1010 1010111 101011 10011 1101101 1011 11011 111 01010 1001101 01011 1011110 1111111 11010 010101 010110 1111101 0101011 1011 1011010 111 1101011 0101011 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 715 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 28 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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