Analysis of NIGHT VIGILANTES



Riding out at sunset
Night vigilantes stalk this land,
Tearing down authority
So that they can take command.

The Cult of Evil sends them
Riding out into the night,
Spread chaos through the land
Spreading evil and fright.

Society is their enemy
They all hate the status quo,
So on their giant choppers
Out in the night they go.

They thunder down the highway
In the dark of night,
Terrifying lone pedestrians
Who get into their sights.

Terror is a weapon that
The vigilantes love to wield,
Wheeling down a jet black road,
Or through some lonesome field.

They love to hurt humanity
Just about any way they can,
Chasing down the innocent
To kill them where they stand.

The Cult of Evil pays them
For every person that they kill,
But they'd do it without payment
Just for the nasty thrill.

The night vigilantes ride
At breathless speeds at night,
Soaring through the darkness
To perform an evil rite.

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


Scheme XABA CDAD BEXE XDXX XFXF BXGA CHGH XDXD XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 10111 1010111 1010100 1111101 0111011 1010101 110101 101001 010011100 1110101 1111010 100111 110101 00111 10010100 110111 1010101 0010111 1010111 111101 11110100 10110111 1010100 111111 0111011 110010111 11110110 110101 010101 110111 101010 1011101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 976
Words 195
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 19

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Riding out at sunset Night vigilantes stalk this land, Tearing down authority So that they can take command.

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Written on July 17, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on November 09, 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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