Analysis of Crimson Evil



Her pupils turn into narrow slits.
The last breath leaves her.
Away she crumples into the pit
Where darkness swallows
And evening shadows.
Blood drips from the tip of the blade.
Thick and crimson, it degrades.
A knot forms in my throat
While my heart remains shattered, broke.

When did I turn to this crimson evil?
When did I let compassion become illegal?
When did death become my answer?

Why am I like this?
What did I miss?
Why do shadows demolish the very kingliness I had inside?
I didn't even cry.
When this foul stench of hatred
Wrapped around me in sacred
I knew what had changed me.
Or who had changed me.
I did.
I hid.
When things got real
I chased after what appealed.

As I stared down at the blood
Dripping off into the mud
I know what I did incorrect
For I had listened to my own directions.
It was I who changed me
Into someone that should never be.
I have become sour
Searching for anything to enhance my power.
The intensity of my hardening heart
Made me forget to restart.
I was driven into insanity
All for my kingdom’s vanity.

Now, I will change.
Now, I will rearrange.
Because I looked back at my past.
And, no, it will not last.


Scheme XAXBBXXXX CCA DDXXEEFFGGXX EEXXFFAAHHFF IIJJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (25%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 010101101 01110 01110101 11010 0101 11101101 1010101 011011 11101101 1111111010 111101001010 11101110 11111 1111 11101001011101 110101 1111110 1011010 111111 11111 11 11 1111 1110101 1111101 1010101 11111001 11110111010 111111 01111101 110110 10110101110 00100111001 1101101 1110010100 11110100 1111 11101 01111111 011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,155
Words 248
Sentences 27
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 9, 3, 12, 12, 4
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 179
Words per stanza (avg) 44

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Inspired by a book character in a novel I am writing

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Written on November 27, 2023

Submitted by phytoplankton2k8 on February 06, 2024

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Bella Stanton

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