Analysis of OUT OF THE SINISTER NIGHT



From out of the sinister night
Evil wailing is echoing outward,
As demons, devils, imps all prance
And a fallen priest comes forward.

Standing before a blood-stained altar
He raises his hands toward the sky,
Watching as abominations dance
Around the altar in the dark of night.

Predators of all forms and sizes
Come out to dance around the altar,
Hippogriffs, followers, and banshees
Twirling around and never falter.

In this dark and loathsome night
Atrocities romp beneath a blood moon,
Bringing terror down upon humanity
Signalling the beginning of their doom.

Manticore, Kelpies, and Gremlins
All take part in the Devil's own dance,
People from two neighbouring towns
Join in the frolics, in a trance.

From out of the sinister night
Prehistoric leviathans roar,
And through the darkened night
Legendary reptiles soar.

Lucifer, Mammon, and Beelzebub
All haunt the blood-stained stone,
Being used as the Devil's altar
Which in the night is Satan's throne.

Carousing around a blazing fire
In the centre of a large clearing,
Performing rituals so obscene
To finish before the day is rearing.

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


Scheme Abcb dxca xdcd axxx xcxc Aeae xfdf dgxg xxx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101001 1010110010 11010111 00101110 100101110 110110101 10111 0101000111 100111010 111101010 110001 100101010 0110101 0100101011 10101010100 1000010111 11010 111001011 101111 1001001 11101001 01011 010101 100101 100101 110111 101101010 1001111 0100101010 001010110 010100101 1100101110 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,129
Words 188
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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From out of the sinister night Evil wailing is echoing outward, As demons, devils, imps all prance And a fallen priest comes forward.

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Written on August 07, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 02, 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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