Analysis of SHADOWY FIGURES LURKING (I)
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Shadowy figures are lurking
In a town now lost to fright,
Hunting through the alleyways
Immediately after twilight.
Shadowy figures stalking
Dark streets and alleyways,
Hunting for the innocent
To kill neath the moon's rays.
Shadowy creatures hunting
Through the dark and evil night,
Hoping soon to slaughter you
Before the first hint of daylight.
In the evil, mists of time
Shadow beings are out hunting,
Foul abominations slink past
Making an unEarthly grunting.
Within the twilit time
Dark monstrous being prowling,
Great canine terrors snarling
Giant feline beasts are yowling.
Shadowy figures are lurking
In a village now lost to fear,
As through the doom-cursed night
Malignant atrocities draw near.
Evil after midnight is out
Haunting this cursed town,
Where shadowy death lurks
And goodness never abounds.
Shadowy figures are following
The guileless are out walking,
Unaware danger approaches
As nefarious things are stalking.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Abcb acxc abxb daxa daaa Aebe xxxx aaxa xxx |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10010110 0011111 101010 01000101 1001010 11010 1010100 111011 1001010 1010101 1011101 0101111 0010111 1101110 1111 10101010 01011 1101010 111010 101111 10010110 00101111 110111 010010011 1010111 10111 110011 0101001 100101100 0101110 0110010 101001110 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,015 |
Words | 179 |
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) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Shadowy figures are lurking In a town now lost to fright, Hunting through the alleyways Immediately after twilight.
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Written on November 21, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on December 15, 2021
Modified by PHIL_ROBERTS on December 15, 2021
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