Analysis of THE DEVIL RIDES OUT

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



The Devil rides out
Along the Highway to Hell,
Where yellow flames soar high
Bringing a brimstone smell.

Fearsome yellow imps
Hide in the sun-dried sands,
Waiting for lost wanderers
To reach these awful lands.

Racing out to meet them as
They try to drive on through,
The imps destroy their vehicles
To leave them stranded, doomed/

The Devil rides along alone
Through this loathsome place,
Where nothing good resides
And nothing worthwhile stays.

Along the lonely highway
The Devil's chopper roars,
As through the yellow skies
Bat-winged monsters soar.

Pterodon-like flying fiends
Which obey the Devil's will,
And seeing travellers passing by
Swoop down for the kill.

The Devil rides out
Throughout this dreadful land,
Where nightmare creatures roam
Across the red desert sands.

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


Scheme Abcb dddd dxdx xddd xddx dece Axxd xdx
Poetic Form
Metre 01011 010111 110111 100101 10101 100111 1011100 111101 1011111 111111 01011100 111101 01010101 11101 110101 010111 010101 010101 110101 11101 11101 1010101 010100101 11101 01011 011101 11101 0101101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 820
Words 135
Sentences 7
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 17

About this poem

The second poem in my "Devil Rides Out" trilogy.

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Written on July 14, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 26, 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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