Analysis of PURGATORY HILL

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



In a place called Purgatory Hill
Evil creatures swarm around,
Death bringers haunt the air
Burrowers crawl underground.

Foulness fills the atmosphere
Loathsome Shoggoths overhead,
Watching all movement below
Swooping down to claw and shred.

Night Gaunts, Babadook, Goblins
Wyverns exhaling noxious breath,
Gassing animals and people below
Almost all fall slowly into death.

Evil behemoths stalk the night
In a place called Purgatory Hill,
Lion-like Manticores go hunting
Hoping soon to make a kill.

Innocents hide safely inside
Trying to survive the night-time,
Hoping not to be slaughtered
By monsters haunting this foul clime.

As the twilight starts to fall
Horrid monsters star shrilling,
As they roam the sleeping town
Longing soon to make a killing.

Travellers, Postmen, and reapers
Roam the fallen town by night,
Wanting soon to find a victim
Eviscerating all at first sight.

In a place called Purgatory Hill
Leviathans come out to play,
Hoping soon to commit mayhem
'Fore hiding from the bright new day.

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


Scheme Abxb xcdc efdf gAha xixi xhxh egxg Ajxj xxx
Poetic Form
Metre 00111001 1010101 11101 100110 101010 101101 1011001 1011101 11110 11101 1010001001 11110011 10010101 00111001 1011110 1011101 10011001 10101011 1011110 11010111 101111 101011 1110101 10111010 100101 1010111 10111010 11111 00111001 11111 1011011 11010111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,049
Words 171
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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In a place called Purgatory Hill Evil creatures swarm around,

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Written on October 02, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 16, 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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