Analysis of NEFARIOUS CREATURES SLINKING

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Nefarious creatures slinking
Through a village after Darkfall,
Leviathans are lumbering past
As the night whippoorwills call.

Malignant shadows are lurking
Around a silent sleeping village,
Minions of the Dark Lord dance
Performing an unholy homage.

Scrofulous life forms slithering
Around the village centre square,
Searching for living things to kill
Acidic slime trails are everywhere.

Depravities stalking the village
Hoping to hunt, to kill, to feast,
Innocents out after twilight
Are captured by infernal beasts.

Pestilential animals are spreading
Viral pathogens round the town,
Till plague pits are being dug up
Like some ancient burial mounds.

Nefarious creatures slinking
Hunting after human food,
Diamond-headed serpents
Slither forth to do no good.

Abominations tormenting
God's greatest creation,
Fire-spewing monsters from
The Book of Revelation.

People abandon the village,
Early after daytime falls,
Fleeing the foul vicinity before
Night terrors start to call.

THE END
© Copyright 2023 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme Abxb acxc adbd cxxx axxx Axxx aexe cxxb xxb
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0100101 1010101 111001 101101 0101110 010101010 1010111 010101010 111100 01010101 10110111 01011110 110010 10111111 1001101 11010101 1100110 10100101 11111011 11101001 0100101 1010101 101010 1011111 110 110010 1010101 011010 10010010 101011 1001010001 110111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,058
Words 177
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 17

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Monsters terrorise a small village

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Written on October 19, 2023

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 19, 2023

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Phil Roberts

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