Analysis of THE LILYWHITE BOYS
Sand, cement, water
Go to make living demons,
The Lilywhite Boys.
Flowing like water
Concrete lets the Lilywhites,
Rise up to grab you.
Drawing pleasure from
Terror. The Lilywhite Boys
Let the concrete set.
Like living mortar
The Lilywhite Boys rise up,
Straight from the footpath.
Turned half into stone
People die screaming as the,
Lilywhite Boys smile.
Screaming as they sink
People drowning in concrete,
Lilywhite Boys smirk.
Mortar turns to water
Making people sink fast,
As though in quicksand.
Down, down people go
Sinking clean out of sight,
As the Lilywhite Boys watch.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABC ABX XCX AXX XDX XXX AXX XXX XXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110 1111010 011 10110 01101 11111 10101 10011 10011 11010 01111 1101 11011 1011010 111 10111 1010001 111 101110 101011 1101 11101 101111 10111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 628 |
| Words | 105 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Sand, cement, water Go to make living demons, The Lilywhite Boys.
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Written on May 25, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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