Analysis of LEATHERMAN



Made of ancient yellowing leather
The Leatherman haunts the forest,
Hunting for some human prey
Ever moving, almost never at rest.

Overlapping flaps of tanned cowhide,
Make up the body of the Leatherman,
Nothing decent resides within him
As he traverses the open woodland.

Forests are his only true abode
The one place that he can call home,
And through the verdant ranges
Night and day the Leatherman roams.

Triangular slats of tarnished leather
Make up the body of this creature,
Rough-hewn limbs and abdomen
A leathery face without any features.

Leathery arms and leathery hands
With no fingers only hanging flaps,
He casts them out like long lassoes
Around victims whom he entraps.

Made of ancient yellowing leather
The Leatherman hunts human prey,
Flinging out his leathery tendrils
At everybody who passes his way,

A leathery body without a heart
Nothing worthwhile lies within,
All he loves is committing mayhem
Hurting, maiming, and even killing.

The unsuspecting walk the forest
Loving the woody brown and green,
Unaware they will soon be dying
Not a trace left of where they've been.

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


Scheme Abcx bdxx xxex aadx xxee Acec xfxg bxgf xxx
Poetic Form
Metre 111010010 01001010 1011101 101011011 1001111 1101010100 101001011 1110101 101110101 01111111 0101010 10101001 0100111010 110101110 1110010 01001011010 100101001 111010101 1111111 0110111 111010010 01001101 10111001 110011011 0100100101 1011101 11110101 101001010 00101010 10010101 01111110 10111111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,173
Words 216
Sentences 8
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Made of ancient yellowing leather The Leatherman haunts the forest, Hunting for some human prey Ever moving, almost never at rest.

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Written on November 23, 2022

Submitted by philip0157 on November 28, 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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