Analysis of The wizard of darkness

Philemon Crider 1965 (Shawnee)



Beware my friends my name is the wizard.
Known to some as a Great White blizzard.
When I first lived nobody knew.
When the law found out I was already through .
I entered the business without a thought.
What would happen if I was caught.
My little white games were nothing but waste.
So soft so deadly so bitter with taste.
I can make a man shabby that one stress nice.
And send a greedy Pusher to prison for life .
I can cause a good boy to forget his books.
And cause a happy woman to forget her looks.
I'm not just a wizard of God to behold.
More treasure the diamonds more precious than gold.
So if you wish to hear more of the things I can do.
Of the women I delighted and the men that I slewed.
I'm the wizard of crime and the prince of corruption.
I'll capture your soul and cause us destruction.
You tossing you turn but still you can't sleep.
You wake in the morning I'll trembley and weak
You searched it a night for simply a sparkle.
But you'll never find it, for I am :
THE WIZARD OF DARKNESS


Scheme AABBCDEEFGHHIIBAJJKLMNO
Poetic Form
Metre 0111111010 111101110 111111 10111110101 1100100101 11101111 1101101011 1111011011 11101101111 010101011011 11101110111 010101010101 11101011101 11001011011 1111111101111 10101010001111 1010110011010 11011011010 1101111111 11001011001 11101110010 111011111 010110
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 1,004
Words 218
Sentences 21
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 23
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 34
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 777
Words per stanza (avg) 200

About this poem

It's about drugs. And what they will do to your life .

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Written on August 16, 2022

Submitted by notmefoolu on September 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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