Analysis of Quiet Cemetery
In the late-night dark
I walk in the cemetery
down by the park
I see no ghouls
not even a Lark
The tombstones are lined in a neat row
as I look around
I do not see a soul
the quiet is relentless
and the streetlights project a dim glow
Off in the distance
I hear a faint howl
in the bushes near the road
I notice a throaty growl
up in the trees
I see the bright eyes of a hoot owl
But I have no fear
as I wander through the cemetery
for there is only peace here
and that is why I stroll through the cemetery
there are no ghosts or apparitions that appear
there is only me
and a cat that walks near
there are no sounds in the quiet cemetery
that is very clear
only the star filled sky
and no one to hear
Scheme | ABAXA CXXXC XDXDXD EBFBEBE BEXF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00111 1100100 1101 1111 11001 01110011 11101 111101 0101010 00110011 10010 11011 0010101 1100101 1001 110111011 11111 111010100 1111011 01111110100 11111010101 11101 001111 11110010100 11101 100111 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 707 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 6, 7, 4 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
People are usually afraid of cemeteries, so I wrote this poem to let people know just how peaceful a cemetery can be.
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