AROUND A BLOOD-STAINED ALTAR
Abominations are prancing
Around a blood-stained altar,
A fallen priest chants evil words
Without daring to ever falter.
Atrocities keep on twirling
Performing a doom-cursed dance,
Around the blood-stained altar,
As though in some demonic trance.
Witches, goblins, warlocks
All are dancing to the Devil's tune,
Swirling around like dervishes
Beneath a blood-soaked moon.
Prehistoric monsters shriek
As they start racing forward,
Shrilling to the cavorting crowd
Upon this night most torrid.
Imps, and gremlins, Wendigos
Cavort around a magic circle,
Claws and fangs all razor-sharp
And tails so hetroceracal.
Manticores and Babadooks
Joining in a monstrous chanting,
As around the blood-stained altar
Hobgoblins and elves start ranting.
Beneath the sneering moon above
Barbarities keep circling round,
Around a blood-stained altar
Just outside the nearest town.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Abominations are prancing Around a blood-stained altar,
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Written on August 01, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 09, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | aBcb adbd cece xxxx cfxf caba xxBx xxx |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 904 |
Words | 136 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
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