Analysis of IN A DUSTY, ANCIENT MANOR
In a dusty, manor
Hidden beneath the floor,
Ancient evil lurks.
Floorboards creaking
Though nothing living stirs,
No-one ever dares enter.
Only phantoms dwell
In this dilapidated place,
Nothing dares come.
Hidden in the night
Shadowy figures stirring,
Nothing living here.
Dust demons appear
Scaring trespassers away,
In the outside world.
Even mice refrain
From entering the manor,
Nothing good lives here.
An evil old house
Once home to great gentry,
Now only skeletons.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXX BXA XXX XBC XXX XACXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 001010 100101 10101 110 110101 1110110 10101 0101001 1011 10001 1001010 10101 11001 10101 00111 10101 1100010 10111 11011 111110 110100 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 523 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 6, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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In a dusty, manor Hidden beneath the floor, Ancient evil lurks.
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Written on March 12, 2014
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 05, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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