Analysis of Halloween Descending



early in the morning
I awake in a sweat, my heart accelerating
the window unit is not cooling very well
what a strange and hollow sound it makes
it is quite eerie
just like the celestial orbs I invision
look out the patio door just to be sure
no, there are no cars passing by
the lights are still flashing small circles
I want to go back to sleep
but I will sleep no more on this grey morn
weary as I be, eerie as it is
I dismiss it as sleepy hallucinations
again I close my eyes
thoughts race to keep me awake
frustrated, I rise to turn the air up
ah soothing, cool air
I fall under the covers once more
convinced there are more dreams to dream
it is October, 28th as I lie awake


Scheme AABCDEFGHIEJKLMNOPQM
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 100010 101001110100 010101110101 101010111 11110 110010111 1101011111 11111101 011110110 1111111 1111111111 1011110111 10111100010 011111 1111101 101111011 11011 111001011 01111111 110101111101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 661
Words 138
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 537
Words per stanza (avg) 138
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Submitted on October 07, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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