Analysis of The darkness
This ghost was different
From those that have come before
A familiarity to its demeanor
Shook me to my core
I've seen this ghost afore
In nightmares dreams and more
Whispering to me in my sleep
But I cannot hear the call
The clanking of the milkman
On his early morning round
Awakes me to the silence
In my now empty room
As his horse hits the cobbles
The rag and bone man hits the bell
I run inside for a carrot
But me Mum said “go to hell”
In my dream my nightmare
The trees were not my friend
The higher I climbed the canopies
The more the tree would bend
Then I heard the whispers
As clear as daylight tells
Do not be afraid of the darkness
The darkness is your friend
| Scheme | X A X A A A X X X X B X B C X C X D B D X X X D |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111100 1111101 0010011010 11111 11111 01101 10011011 1110101 010101 1110101 111010 011101 111101 01011101 11011010 1111111 01111 010111 0101101 010111 111010 11111 111011010 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 653 |
| Words | 134 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 24 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
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Submitted on August 20, 2014
Modified on March 05, 2023
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