Analysis of The Grim Reaper



There's something strange happening in this town
 you can smell it in the air, it's all around
 It's death himself and he's reaping souls
 He's here to possess you, to place you in his fiery coals

There's no place to run, no place to hide
 You are about to venture on this long sinister ride
 The death ride you might say
 Yes, the Grim Reaper is here to take you away

Your not the only one about to enter Satan's den
 There are many others that have also sinned
 This is the night of the unforgotten memory
 this is the night that you will burn eternally

In the idle darkness, the end is drawing near
 your heart is pounding madly in fear
 As you see the hooded face of this eerie unknown stranger
 you scream in ghostly horror at the sight of this creature

As you look upon his sinking cold eyes of death
 it takes away your precious breath
 And in your last few moments of recognition
 you discover the savage blade of destruction

Now you have reached the realms of death


Scheme XXAA BBCC XXDD EEFF GGHH G
Poetic Form
Metre 1101100011 11110011101 110101101 111011111011001 111111111 11011101111001 011111 101101111101 1101010111011 11101011101 1101101100 110111110100 001010011101 111101001 111010111100110 11010101011110 111011101111 11011101 00111101010 101001011010 11110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 959
Words 183
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 31
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Submitted by hitalot on March 22, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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