Analysis of Monster Under My Bed



He's the cracks in the floor,
The hole in the wall.
He's the raps on the door,
The steps down the hall.

He's the monster under my bed,
The monster inside my head.
He creeps in without warning,
Leaves me weeping til mourning.

3/7/21
By Ashley Arnold


Scheme ABAB CCDD XX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Metre 101001 01001 101101 01101 10101011 0100111 1100110 1110110 1 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 240
Words 47
Sentences 5
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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I write to heal. Its been a while since I've written, but I'm ready to get back at it. Some poems are old, some are new. All are from the heart. more…

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