Analysis of Her Eyes
I'll be staying in the city for a while so I rented a room
It's on the 2nd floor and I arrived exactly at 12 noon
Before climbing the stairs, the door leading to the basement caught my attention
I peeked through the small hole to satisfy my curious sensation
I started having nightmares since I moved here
At night, some weird noises I can often hear
From time to time, I still peek through that hole
To see the inside of it is my biggest goal
Until came the day that I'll be going back home
I saw the landlady sitting somewhere alone
I asked her about the door going to the basement
I was in total shock to hear her creepy statement
"A girl tenant of mine committed suicide
And that's exactly where she died!"
I can feel my heart beating fast inside
I cleared my throat and abruptly replied
"I peeked through that hole many times before
But the only thing I can see is a light blue color
Is the room perhaps painted with that hue?"
She responded, "No! But her eyes are light blue!"
Scheme | XXAA BBCC XXDD EE EE XXFF |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11100010101111001 11011010101011 0110010110101011010 1110111101100010 1101011111 11111011101 1111111111 110011111101 011011111011 1101010101 1100101101010 1101011101010 01101101010 01010111 1111110101 1111001001 1111110101 10101111101110 1010110111 10101101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2, 2, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Horror and thriller are definitely my cup of tea. This poem was my first attempt to capture those genres in my usual play of rhyme.
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