Analysis of BE AFRAID
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Outside in this loathsome night
Be afraid of all that comes your way,
Abominations human and non-human,
Intending you to be their prey.
Unwary of your possible fate
All kinds of predators stalking you,
Shades, and shapes, and dark images
Loathsome shadows on the move.
Unafraid of the pitch-black night
Terror is slowly coming your way,
Hoping soon to track you down
Then to carry your corpse away.
Prehistoric monsters in the dark
Reptiles from the dawn of time,
Hunting, hoping, loping after you
Foul enough to make you lose your mind.
Green Men, Blue Men, Hippogriffs
Hunting you as you slowly move on,
Unaware of the dangers approaching
Unknowing that your time is near gone.
Be afraid of every movement
In the darkened township,
Creatures from out of the past?
Brought here by some sudden time slip?
Leviathan beings are thundering
Toward where you are walking,
Flying reptiles from out of time
Wheeling, squealing, ever squawking.
Killers both small and mammoth
Slowly closing in on your direction,
Hoping soon to reach you walking
To feast on you without hesitation.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABCB XDEX ABXB XFDX EXGX XHXH GGFG XCGC XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1101101 101111111 1100110 01011111 010111001 111100101 10101100 101101 0110111 101101011 1011111 11101101 01010001 1010111 10101101 101111111 11111 101111011 011010010 010111111 101110010 001010 1011101 11111011 0100101100 0111110 10101111 10101010 1011010 1010011010 10111110 111101010 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,153 |
| Words | 216 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Outside in this loathsome night Be afraid of all that comes your way, Abominations human and non-human, Intending you to be their prey.
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Written on August 04, 2021
Submitted by philip0157 on March 25, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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