Analysis of OUT IN THE EVIL NIGHT
Out in the evil night where
Savage beasts come out to play,
Stalking any late-night shoppers
Beneath the moon's hateful rays.
Lurking in the wavering shadows
Just outside the local shopping mall,
Watching laden shoppers departing
Loaded down with thick carryalls.
Watching the milling throng leaving
Hoping soon to spy a lone patron,
Travelling all alone upon foot
After the harried crowd has gone.
Eventually the late swarming masses
Slowly begin to taper right out,
Until just lone stragglers are coming
Out of the mall, which is closing down.
Then through the dark concrete jungle
Monstrous entities are following behind,
Anticipating soon making a killing
In the darkness of the sinister night.
Out in the evil night where
Hellish creatures mill around,
Hoping to sup upon the unwary as
After work, they're homeward bound.
Horrid shadows breaking the night
As dreadful carnivores follow you,
As you oh so slowly stroll along
Unaware your life is nearly through.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Axbx xxcb cxxx xxcx xxcd Aexe dfxf xxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011 1011111 10101110 0101101 10001001 111010101 101010010 101111 10010110 101110110 100101011 10010111 01000011010 100111011 011110110 110111101 11010110 10100110001 0100110010 0010101001 1001011 1010101 10110100101 1011101 1011001 11010101 111110101 01111101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,045 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Out in the evil night where Savage beasts come out to play, Stalking any late-night shoppers Beneath the moon's hateful rays.
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Written on August 15, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on November 26, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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