Analysis of Scaled Terrors Burning

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)



They came from the bowels
Underground
Subway link closed and sourced
In ancient deep watercourse.
Incubating mighty long
And developing into
Monstrous scaled
Proportion.
Breathing fire.
Incinerating everywhere.
Humans or defense
As we knew it
Infrastructures
Vehicles, crops.
Artillery.
All expended hopes
For response
And resistance.
No resistance honestly.
All major cities fell.
Crowds scurried to hinterlands.
Like rats.
Prayers.
Shelters down deep.
Security drills rehearsed.
Hoping the day would never
Come
Dragons.
Mystical worldwide villains. And crafty
The legends everywhere.
Trustworthy.
The illustrations
Not overmuch.


Scheme ABBACDEFGHIJKLMNOPMQRSTUVGWXMHMXY
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 10 11101 01011 100101 0010001 101 010 1010 010010 10101 1111 010 1001 0100 10101 101 0010 1010100 110101 110110 11 1 1011 0100101 1001110 1 10 1001110010 01010 10 0010 11
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 633
Words 105
Sentences 19
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 33
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 525
Words per stanza (avg) 86

About this poem

This evening watching the film Reign of Fire. With Christian Bale and Gerard Butler and Matt McConaughey.

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Written on January 31, 2023

Submitted by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023

Modified by dougb.72572 on January 31, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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