Analysis of THE WHISTLER



Shrill whistling rings out
Shattering human eardrums,
Driving you insane.

Whistling out a tune
Of death, madness, suicide,
The Whistler approaches.

The whistler is nearing
People's brains haemorrhage,
At the noxious sound.

The Whistler signals
Death across this country
Right across the planet.

Low whistling from
Impenetrable shadows,
Slithers after you.

Moving air whistles
Like a choir from Satan's realm,
Shrilling The Death March.

Shrilling in the night
The whistler drives people crazy,
Drives them to suicide.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme XAX XBA XXX AXX XAX AXX XAB XAX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011 100101 10101 10101 111010 010010 010110 1011 10101 01010 101110 101010 1101 010001 1101 10110 1010111 1011 1001 01011010 11110 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 568
Words 87
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 11

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Shrill whistling rings out Shattering human eardrums, Driving you insane.

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Written on May 19, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 17, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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