Analysis of EVIL EYES OF THE NIGHT
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Evil eyes at night
Shining out of the darkness,
Killing just by sight.
Yellow snake-like eyes
With dark slit-like pupils,
Frightening men to death.
Women scream and run
Child cry from terror when,
The evil thing nears.
Evil yellow eyes
Approaching through ebony,
As darkfall comes down.
Brave men shivering
Whimpering from terror as
Unknown evil nears.
Dogs run off baying
Cats screech in fear as they run,
Night birds fall silent.
Evil eyes at night
Signalling death and despair,
Something evil comes.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | Axa bxx cxd bxx exd ecx Axx xxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 1011010 10111 10111 111110 100111 10101 111101 01011 10101 0101100 1111 11100 1001101 01101 11110 1101111 11110 10111 1001001 10101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 556 |
| Words | 93 |
| 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) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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