Analysis of Before the moon
in the chilling crisp night
with out a stirring trace of breeze
tingling fear of unseen eyes
as my hackles begin to rise
Ebony skies with bright jewels scattered
pinpricks of rain bowls that quickly glitter
pale moon like watching eye
baleful gaze upon me here
whispering sound of cutting air
so high above and far away
growing louder and drawing near
I turn my eyes unto the sky
like a racing cloud across the stars
of sharp lines and angles clear
narrowing straight towards me now
two points of redness spear my soul
blocking now the light of the moon
silhouetting a shape of doom
reptilian wings of mighty beats
seeking its prey within the night
a flash of flames before it flares
and on cold wind of mighty roar
in fear I tremble cold and weak
fearing that I be the prey it seeks
across the land in dark of night
in clusters tremble many sheep
that upon the Dragon does feast
finding them a tasty treat
mutton wrapped in fleecy white
a toothsome treat at in the night
glowing eyes seek in the land
white flashes of the fearful sheep
sharply turning spearing down
with the roaring of wings it descends
lighting the night with bright flame
with talons stained with ruby red
with booming flaps it breaks its fall
grabbing the prey that it did seek
with mighty flaps it again ascends
winging quickly into the night
struggling in its grasp so tight
is a maiden in sweater white
‘tis not really the dragons fault
‘twas seeking the Argyle white
Scheme | AXBB XXCX XXDC XDXX XXXA XXEX AFXX AAXF XGXX XEGA AAXA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001011 11010111 10011011 11100111 1001111010 111111010 111101 1010111 10011101 11010101 10100101 11111001 101010101 1110101 10010111 11110111 10101101 10111 01011101 10110101 01110111 01111101 01110101 101110111 01010111 01010101 10101011 1010101 1010101 0111001 1011001 11010101 1010101 101011101 1001111 11011101 11011111 10011111 110110101 10100101 10001111 10100101 11100101 110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,402 |
Words | 264 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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