Analysis of Horror Poetry Set #007



BEAUTIFUL FIEND (13/05/2021)
A beautiful fiend
Sensual but so lethal,
Readying to kill.

THE CHIMERA
A chimera rests
In the hot desert sands,
Glancing toward you.

A COBRA POISED
A cobra is poised
Rearing, readying to strike,
Inches from your face.

CRIES OF AGONY
Cries of agony
Ring out in the haunted night,
Evil being done.

CRIES OF FEAR RING OUT
Cries of fear ring out
The devil’s ways are many,
Torture being done.

CRIES OF TERROR (I)
Loud cries of terror
As dark fiends lurch toward you,
Aiming for your throat.

CRIMSON DEATH (21/03/2009)
Helpless souls writhing
Within the deadly clutches,
Of the crimson death.

A CRUMBLY OLD HOUSE (II)
Eerie rattling chains
Moaning cries are heard within,
A crumbly old house.

CRYING TIME (06/04/2009)
A time of terror
Is drawing ever nearer,
Crying fills the night.

THE CRYPT
A dry crunching of bones
A loud smacking of lips,
Coming from the crypt.

DANGER (II)(20/05/2010)
Day turns to night-time
Safety turns into danger;
Something evil nears.

DANGER IN THE WOODS (I)
Danger in the woods:
Night creatures prowling around,
Stalking you unseen.

DANGER SIGNS (20/03/2009)
Danger signs at night
Evil is all around us,
Death is lurking near.

A DARK CAVE (12/05/2021)
Seeking a dark cave
Unaware what lurks within,
Lovers go to die.

A DARK CUL-DE-SAC  (12/05/2021)
Evil happenings
Touching all who pass nearby
A dark cul-de-sac.

THE DARK SIDE OF THE NIGHT (II)
Dark side of night, where
Evil stalks the alleys, to
Search for lonely souls.

DARK STAR (II)
Dark star sends no warmth
Down to the chilled minions,
Of this frozen land.

THE DARK THREAT
Dark threat approaching
Danger rushing like the wind,
Racing toward you.

DARK WATERS MEWLING
Dark seas crash on black shores
Producing strange sounds like,
Mewling from the waters.

THE DEADLY NIGHT
Darkness descending
Endless blackness overhead,
Night as still as death.

DEAD TOWN
Evil creatures haunt
A neighbourhood in hell,
No one dares go outside.

THE DEATH BELL
The death bell ringing
Calling demons from the sea,
To visit the land.

THE DEATH BELL PEELING
The death bell ringing
Peeling like the voice of doom,
Terror numbs your mind.

DEATH CARRIERS
Spreading death and fear
They move slowly through the night,
Bringing doom to all.

DEATH COMES CALLING (II)
Horror floods through your system
You’re drowning in your fear,
As death comes calling

DEATH IN BLACK RAIMENTS
An angel of death
In black raiments; wielding a
Razor-sharp sickle.

DEATH IS IN THE AIR (II)
Whispery death breeze
Howling out like banshee cries,
Death is on the way.

DEATH RITUALS
Dark rituals performed
Late one evil night, that bring
Tragedy to all.

DEATH’S ICY GRIP (21/03/2009)
The icy grip of death
Grasping a new victim,
Killing him slowly.

DEATH WHISPERS
Reverberant silence:
The whispers of death,
Echoing in your mind.

DISTILLED TERROR (II)
A distilled darkness
Hunting lonely back-packers,
An alien terror.

THE DOORS OF HELL (II)
Sights that wring terror
Peering through death’s door and,
The doors of Hell beyond.

EVIL LIVES IN YOU (12/05/2021)
Evil lives in you
As your dark side awakens,
Soon you'll have to kill.

THE FEATHERED SERPENT GOD
Feathered serpent god
Ignorant superstition?
Or awful truth?

FEEL THE LASH (20/03/2009)
Unsuspecting victims
Are forced to feel the lash,
Of a horrid death.

THE FINGERS OF DEATH
Tendrils of agony
Shooting along your spine,
Like fingers of death.

GIANT MOLLUSC TRACKS
Troubled by the sight
Of giant mollusc tracks,
You follow unsurely.

HALLOWE’EN SPIRITS (12/05/2021)
Hallowe’en’s spirits
Striking at humanity,
Jealous of our life.

IMPENETRABLE SHADOWS (12/05/2021)
Impenetrable
Unstoppable, shadows move,
In your direction.

OOZING  (12/05/2021)
Putrescent aliens
Oozing 'neath the floorboards
Waiting to seep up.

WHISTLING  (12/05/2021)
Low whistling from
Impenetrable shadows,
Slithers after you.

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


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Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 3,752
Words 630
Sentences 42
Stanzas 42
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 167
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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