Analysis of The Monk



Alone in isolation
Away from all known civilization
There lived a monk
Personal reflections with the sacraments
Devotion to Jesus Christ
He hides in humble seclusion
Works in the garden
Strawberries with nectar of honey
He never had a greed or a thirt for money
Lover of life and love for the arts
Wearing long robes with a cross
The monk had a secret place he used to go
Under his bed there was a secret passage way
inside was filled with beautiful paintings and writings
He was a secret artist and poet
The monk would paint until his hearts content
Alone by himself in his own hermitage
He would rise only for dinner
To visit the other monks go figure
No one knew of his fantasy world excursion
One day a petition was made
The holy monk order would allow people to visit
They would also be allowed inside the monks room
A young lad crawled under the monks bed
He took out a scroll with very ancient writings on it
The elder monk was then questioned by his superiors
The scroll was based upon a forbidden city
Near the gate of hell
Inside were demonic beings let loose
Creatures to invade your very reason
The monk in question was deeply ashamed
but instead of leaving he was very brave and stayed
Said he would be on his best behavior & behave
The secret scroll would leave a chill down your spine
For now the monk wallows in his locked in memories in his mind.


Scheme AABCDAAEEFGHIJKLMNNAOKPQRSETUAVOWXY
Poetic Form
Metre 010010 011110010 1101 10001010100 0101101 11010010 10010 10110110 110101101110 101101101 1011101 01101011111 101111010101 0111110010010 1101010010 0111011110 01101011100 11110110 1100101110 111111001010 11001011 01011010110110 111010101011 011110011 11101110101011 01011110110100 011101010010 10111 0100101011 1010111010 0101011001 1011101110101 111111101001 01011101111 110110110100011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,333
Words 256
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 35
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 1,108
Words per stanza (avg) 256
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Submitted by hitalot on August 25, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Mario William Vitale

Mario William Vitale is a twentieth century poet. He has developed a style of free verse. Has written over one thousand poems. more…

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