Analysis of SHADOW LAND

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Shadow figures are creeping
All around in Shadow Land,
A land of sunburnt deserts
And of burnished red sand.

Behemoths are lurching
Through the streets and byways,
Wreaking mayhem through the night
But retreating by break of day.

Shadowy creatures are soaring
Through the twilight sky,
Watching anything alive
That their keen eye may spy.

Monstrosities are lumbering
Through the streets of Shadow Land,
Devouring anything they see
Anything that may come to hand.

Shadowy forms are slithering
After a couple late-night walking,
Unaware that death is following
Out in the late-night stalking.

Colossuses are lumbering
Through the pitch-black town,
Avoiding towering structures
Smashing smaller buildings down.

All around in Shadow Land
Savage horrors nightly creep,
Slaughtering human beings
As a farmer might slaughter sheep.

Hiding in a small forest
Near one side of Shadow Land,
Just past the nearby township
They hear slithering 'cross the sand.

THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme aBcb axxx adxd abxb aaaa aexe Bfxf xbxb xcx
Poetic Form
Metre 110110 101011 011110 011011 010110 10101 101101 10101111 10010110 1011 101001 111111 11100 101111 01001011 1011111 10011100 100101110 01111100 1001110 11100 10111 01010010 1010101 101011 1010101 1001010 10101101 1000110 111111 1101110 11100101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,028
Words 181
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) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Shadow figures are creeping All around in Shadow Land, A land of sunburnt deserts And of burnished red sand.

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Written on February 21, 2022

Submitted by philip0157 on March 25, 2022

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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