Analysis of FROM OUT OF THE DEEPS
From out of the murky deeps
Aqueous beings slowly emerge,
Coming forth to walk on the land
Spreading outward, an evil scourge.
Giant creatures all teeth and bristles
That eat their way through all they find,
Animal, vegetable, or even mineral
Wolves, cats, cacti, even humankind.
Leviathan piscine abominations
That have adapted to walk upon land,
Like massive green scaly battleships
Against which almost nothing can stand.
Snapping at any living thing that comes
Within grasp of their evil squid-like beaks,
Pecking, tearing, eviscerating everything
That foolishly comes within their reach.
Suckered tentacles that they shoot out
Like serpents slithering through a forest,
Grasping at anything within their focus
Then pulling them into a gruesome death.
From out of the blue-green deeps
Repulsive aquatic monsters ascend,
Traversing across the grass and sand
Too fiendish for humans to comprehend.
Up onto the land, these horrors climb
Then across hot desert sands, they crawl,
Devouring everything within their path
As through the verdant forest, they sprawl.
Determined to leave nothing alive
As they crawl across the dusty ground
Moving from the deserts and forests
Until reaching densely populated towns.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABCB ADXD ACAC AAXX XXAX AECE XFXF XXAA EAX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 1110101 100101001 10111101 10101101 101011010 11111111 100100110100 11101010 010011 1101011011 1101110 01111011 1011010111 0111110111 1010110 110010111 101001111 1101001010 1011001110 1101010101 1110111 0100101001 010010101 110110101 110011101 101110111 0100100111 110101011 010111001 111010101 101010010 0110101001 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,251 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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From out of the murky deeps Aqueous beings slowly emerge,
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Written on August 13, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 18, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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