Analysis of A CULT OF TERROR
A cult on terror holds
An entire village enthralled,
Upon the night of the full moon
Foul creatures are being called.
Around a blood-stained altar
Dark hooded creatures prance,
Calling up Satan's evil hordes
Through song and magic dance.
A fallen priest presides over
A frantic sexual ritual,
Throughout the torrid night
Calling up fiends from Hell.
Werewolfs baying at the moon
As it shines down with its light,
Upon the thrashing human beings
Copulating through the night.
Coyotes, bears, and wendigos
Advance to the fevered beat,
Prostrating before the fallen priest
To lick his blood-stained feet.
A cult on terror enacts
All kinds of evil rites,
Sexual and human sacrifices
Performed by dead of night.
The townsfolk hide indoors
Until the new day breaks,
Sleeping through the terror fest
Waiting for day, before they wake.
A cult of terror is ruling
The night with dances and songs,
Calling up horrid creatures
With their sexual going on.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABCB DEXE DXFX CFXF AGXG XXXF XXXX XXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 10101001 01011011 1101101 0101110 110101 1011101 110101 01010110 010100100 010101 101111 110101 1111111 010101010 1101 010101 0110101 1010101 111111 011101 111101 100010100 011111 0111 010111 1010101 10110111 01110110 0111001 1011010 11100101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 981 |
Words | 167 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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A cult on terror holds An entire village enthralled, Upon the night of the full moon Foul creatures are being called.
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Written on August 01, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 05, 2021
Modified on April 06, 2023
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