Analysis of SPECTRAL FIGURES
Spectral figures are dancing
Beneath the blood moon's light,
Cavorting just after Darkfall
Throughout the loathsome night,
Spectral fiends are scheming
Plotting evil against mankind,
Planning to unleash terrors to
Drive humanity out of its mind.
Twilight is the time for horrid
Figures to completely surround,
Any late-night travellers
Out walking about the town,
Spectral forms lurk in shadows
Waiting for humans to emerge,
From their safe domiciles
To feed the fiends's horrid urge:
An urge to devour all life-forms
Including strolling innocents,
Unaware of creeping shadows
Approaching with evil intent.
Spectral figures are dancing
In the darkened streets,
Hoping to catch naive walkers
Upon whom they all can feast.
Night-time is the right time
For monstrosities hiding near,
Hungry for the foolish unwary
Passing by without due fear.
Yes, after twilight time is
When foul abominations tail,
Any late-night journeyers
Whose life they shall curtail.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | Abcb adxd xxex fgeg xxfx Axex xhxh xcec xxc |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110110 010111 0101101 010101 11110 10100111 10101101 101001111 1101110 10101001 1011100 1100101 11101 10110101 1111 1101101 111010111 01010100 011101 01011001 110110 00101 1011110 0111111 111011 11101 101010010 1010111 110111 1111 10111 111101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,037 |
Words | 183 |
Sentences | 6 |
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) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Spectral figures are dancing Beneath the blood moon's light,
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Written on February 23, 2022
Submitted by philip0157 on April 28, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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