Analysis of OUT OF THE UNKNOWN
Horrors from an unknown place
Explode into our universe,
Taunting. teasing, killing
Like some Lovecraftian curse.
Demons from an unknown time
Marauding across the planet,
Devouring man and beast alike
Spreading unearthly torment.
Crushing like a hurricane
Anything within their wake,
Even cities beneath their leviathan bulk
More terror than the mind can take.
Shoggoth-like shrilling
Echoing throughout the night,
Until even fearless Night Gaunts
Take to worried flight.
Elephantine beings lumber
Across entire continents and more,
Crushing buildings, cars, and people
Till moving on to foreign shores.
Invading our universe
Come beasts of unspeakable shape,
Destroying who continents
Leaving bloody death in their wake.
Nightmare visits torment humanity
Driving them insane by the hundred
Unable to cope with what they’re seeing
As flying demons pillage and plunder.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABCB XXXX XDXD CEAE FXXX BXXD XXCF XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011011 01011010 101010 1111 1011011 01001010 010010101 100101 101010 100111 101001101001 11010111 111 1000101 01101011 11101 011010 0101010001 10101010 11011101 0101010 11101001 0101100 10101011 11010100 101011010 0101111110 1101010010 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 950 |
| Words | 158 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
Horrors from an unknown place Explode into our universe, Taunting. teasing, killing Like some Lovecraftian curse.
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Written on March 14, 2014
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on November 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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