Analysis of I Heard the Creep
There it is, the slightest shuffle, I know I've heard it albeit muffled.
It must be the creep. I know he's here. He's never far, and now he's near.
The night seems darker than I've ever known,
my eyes wading thru a velvet curtain,
another creak, even closer now,
And I am absolutely certain.
I must not breathe so loudly,
The creep will surely hear.
But a louder breath from wretched lungs
Wheezes towards my ear.
I see long twisted fingers
Gnarled like roots of an ancient tree.
I see sunken eyes
that seem to stare secretly at me.
I see crooked teeth
Chipped and bent beckoning to flee.
I see the creep
The smell makes me weak and dizzy in my head.
This is it. I proclaim.
Death looming at the bed.
I smile once and only once,
And cut off the sleeping creeps head.
I fall to my knees, the deed is done
But all that I can see.
Is blurring sight and darkest night
The creep was always me.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010101111101010 11101111111010111 0111011101 1110101010 010110101 01101010 1111110 011101 101011101 100111 1111010 11111101 11101 111110011 11101 10110011 1101 01111010011 111101 110101 1110101 01101011 111110111 111111 11010101 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 900 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 4, 4, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Written on January 09, 2022
Submitted by dante_unknown on January 09, 2022
Modified on April 24, 2023
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