Analysis of Malorie. Exceptional Suspense.
Sam and Mary Walsh
Actual names of parents
Living in North Peninsula, Michigan.
At the outset of horrors
Seventeen years ago.
Malorie read the purported
Book of Census.
And wondered. A reunion.
Four of those years spent
By a Mother with two new children
And trusted friends
In a house of sanctuary
With rigid rules.
So as NOT TO SEE
Creatures of unknown
Origin and capability.
DEATH AND MAYHEM.
A regimen of constant diligence.
Sounds became the Masters
Of understanding and response.
Many adventures BLINDFOLDED.
Many suspected near misses
With trouble outside.
The next three years spent
In imagining bold breakout
And then rowing the River
Past terrifying sounds and assaults.
SIGHTLESS. To a destination.
Jane Tucker
School for the Blind.
Thriving home and enterprise
Until the CONTAGION
Got inside.
After ten years
And beautiful people became
Raging, raving monsters.
Losing it all.
Only the three above-mentioned
Survived unchanged.
Now that census Book.
Offered by some dubious Guy
Who declared that he was gathering
Stories of struggle and victory
And survival.
Denied entrance to their place.
Also details believed to be true.
On the Creatures/Contagion.
Means of defense.
But was he a Creature?
Guided or coerced by One?
Or just plain nuts.
Would they trek up North.
Take the risks?
Find the Oldsters alive?
Malorie and her two teens?
SIGHTLESS?
A strong, strong pull
In that direction.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 1001110 10010100100 101110 101101 110010 1110 0100010 11111 101011110 0101 0011100 1101 11111 10101 10000100 101 0100110100 101010 1010001 1001010 10010110 11011 01111 0010011 0110010 11001001 110010 110 1101 101010 010010 101 1011 01001001 101010 1011 10010110 0101 11101 10111001 101111100 101100100 0010 0110111 100101111 1010010 1101 111010 1010111 1111 11111 101 101001 10011 1 0111 01010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,406 |
Words | 268 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 7, 14, 2, 12, 7 |
Lines Amount | 58 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
About this poem
Sequel to the best seller Bird Box by Josh Malerman of Michigan.
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Written on May 07, 2023
Submitted by dougb.19255 on May 07, 2023
Modified by dougb.19255 on May 07, 2023
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