Analysis of THE SANDMAN
The Sandman is slowly coming
From out of the red desert sand,
A shape-changing beast of silicon
Who travels out across the land.
He is bringing his word of death
To all of the sleeping city folk,
Who seem to hear his every word
Even though he never really spoke.
Through the sleeping town by night
The Sandman is softly wandering,
Hoping soon to cast his evil spell
Like a mad warlock evilly conjuring.
He hopes to transform the sleeping
Into other creatures of red sand,
They will then be in his evil thrall
And willing to do his every command.
The Sandman is rapidly approaching
A house where innocent people sleep,
Collapsing to sand, he gets under the door
Then through the building, he softly creeps.
Sneaking into an occupied room
He lightly touches the sleeper's nape,
And soon she begins to transmogrify
Into a ghastly red sandy shape.
Through the house, he continues on
Turning the occupants all into sand,
So soon they will go out with him
As his army follows him over the land.
Through the sleepy town by night
Leading his monstrous platoon,
Until he has swept right through
Like some kind of deadly monsoon.
Too soon the people are all his
And obey his every horrid whim,
And as he heads back into the desert
His red sand army follows after him.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABXB XCXC DAXA ABXB AEXX XEXX XBFB DGXG XFXF XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111010 11101101 011011100 11010101 11101111 111010101 111111001 101110101 1010111 01110100 101111101 10111100 11101010 011010111 111101101 01011110001 011100010 011100101 01011111001 110101101 10011101 11010011 0110111 010101101 10110101 1001001011 11111111 11101011001 1010111 1011001 0111111 11111001 11010111 0011100101 0111101010 1111010101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,291 |
Words | 238 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
The Sandman is slowly coming From out of the red desert sand, A shape-changing beast of silicon Who travels out across the land.
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Written on August 15, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on September 05, 2021
Modified on April 10, 2023
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