Analysis of DARK FORCES CREEP
As I lay me down to sleep
Into my room dark forces creep,
Out through the window
My life-force seeps
As I lay me down to sleep.
As I breathe my final breath
And in my fate see only death,
Unto the Grim Reaper, I must say, "Yes."
As I breathe my final breath.
As I see my last chance go
And face another mortal blow,
Out of my bedroom my life doth flow
As I see my last chance go.
As I face my final day
And find my life has passed away,
Until My Lord, there is naught to say
As I face my final day.
As my time has come at last
Soon they'll plant me under grass,
Now it's time to pay for my evil past
As my time has come at last.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AabxA CcxC BbbB DddD ExeE xxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 01111101 11010 1111 1111111 1111101 00111101 1001101111 1111101 1111111 01010101 11111111 1111111 1111101 01111101 011111111 1111101 1111111 1111101 1111111101 1111111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
About this poem
Based upon the old bedtime/nursery rhyme.
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Written on March 15, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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