Analysis of THE DRUMMER
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Drumbeat of terror
Reminds you of the evil,
Closing in on you.
The drummer brings death
To unwary listeners,
Playing The Last Post.
The Drummer beating
Ends life, hope, and reason,
Drums a tune of madness.
The Last Post sounds out
As the drummer brings down death,
To all listeners.
Drumming the death march
The drummer calls death upon,
Those who come to him.
The Drummer ends war
Ends all life and reason,
Beating out destruction.
Drumbeats sound at night
The Last Post coming closer
Killing all who hear.
The Drummer pounding
Upon his drum of death,.
Wiping out humanity.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXX BCX DEX XBC XXX XEE XAX DBX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 0111010 10011 01011 1010100 10011 01010 111010 101110 01111 1010111 11100 10011 0101101 11111 01011 111010 101010 1111 0111010 10111 01010 011111 1010100 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 624 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| 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) | 12 |
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