Analysis of NIGHT SPECTRES
Night spectres creeping
Through the town by night,
Following lone travellers
Wafting upwards like a kite.
Fear and trembling spreading
Through this wretched land,
Phantom beings fluttering
Above the sea-drenched sand.
Night apparitions floating
Beings translucent and hollow,
As couples stroll hand-in-hand
Shadowy creatures follow.
In the relentless night
Death is floating on high,
Innocents passing beneath
Very soon about to die.
Phantom beings fluttering
Along on the cool night wind,
Through this terrified town
Death and sorrow soon begin.
Night spectres creeping
Around the streets and alleyways,
Evil stalking the dreadful night
Then slinking off by break of day.
Night shadows hovering
Above a terror-struck town,
Floating above the rooftops
Until suddenly swooping down.
Down upon the innocents
Foolishly out into the streets,
Unaware of deadly shades
And death they soon will meet.
THE END
© Copyright 2022 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | Abxb acAc adcd bexe Axfx Axbx afxf xxxx xxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110 10111 1001100 1010101 1010010 11101 1010100 010111 101010 10010010 1101101 1001010 000101 111011 1001001 1010111 1010100 0110111 11101 1010101 1110 0101010 10100101 1111111 11100 0101011 100101 01100101 1010100 10010101 011101 011111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 973 |
| Words | 168 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Night spectres creeping Through the town by night, Following lone travellers Wafting upwards like a kite.
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Written on April 03, 2022
Submitted by philip0157 on April 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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