Analysis of NIGHT HUNTERS RUNNING



Night hunters running
Through dark streets after midnight,
Hunting squealing prey:
Who very soon shall die.

Dark creatures stalking
Beneath the moon’s dull light,
Hunting human victims who
Foolishly go out at night.

Torrid dreams of monsters
The like of which must stay unseen,
Foul beasts from dreadful places
No one sane has ever been.

Screaming throughout the night
In this land, fear knows too well,
Where creatures out of nightmares
Take writhing victims down to Hell.

Nightmare creatures hunting
Victims on the run,
Hoping soon to banquet
Before the morning sun.

Hunting, running, pecking
Foul creatures out of Hell,
Bringing to the Earth evil
Of which no sane man could ever tell.

Night creatures running down
Fast-moving prey,
Hunting through the night-time
Sleeping through the day.

Night creatures bellow
With an evil voice that kills,
Hunting, running, feasting
Upon their latest kills!

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme ABCX ABXB XXXX BDXD AEXE ADXD XCXC XFAF XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (26%)
Metre 11010 111101 10101 110111 11010 010111 1010101 1001111 101110 01111101 1111010 1111101 100101 0111111 110111 11010111 11010 10101 101110 010101 101010 110111 1010110 111111101 110101 1101 101011 10101 11010 1110111 101010 011101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 937
Words 153
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) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Horror poem about evil creatures hunting by night.

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Written on November 28, 2012

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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