Analysis of Darkness



On a haunted day
Came a cold, dark night
When a demon ate the light.

Bit by bit It sunk its teeth
Through the fabric of the sky
Nothing was left but blotches of black
Where everything used to be bright

The shadows hanging over noon,
Had formed into a hole that grew.
Massive.
Gaping.
Now light itself could not escape it.

Then came a child, lost and scared,
Who from the edge of darkness stared;
As in a flash the wandering boy,
Got sucked into the void.

Floating now in empty space
Like before the world was made.
Was something there in the abyss?
A place where time did not exist.
Or was there nothing in the air?
But eerie silence everywhere?

So heavy he could feel it.
Blackness sticking to his skin.
With a fear of the unknown,
Deeper he went in.

Until he was swallowed whole by the darkness.


Scheme XAA XXXA XXXXB CCXX XXXXDD BEXE X
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 10111 1010101 1111111 1010101 101111011 1101111 0110101 11010111 10 10 110111011 1101101 11011101 100101001 110101 1010101 1010111 11010001 01111101 11110001 1101010 1101111 1010111 1011001 10110 01111011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 779
Words 153
Sentences 15
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 3, 4, 5, 4, 6, 4, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 89
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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B. M. Stroud

I am a writer/theatre director from Mentor, Ohio who creates formless, experimental work; each project might be radically different from what has gone before it. My prime aim is to create work which feeds the imaginations of young people and gives them a memorable reading experience. I am interested in developing a series of the most simplistic books for children aged 4 and older, rooted in the abstract, philosophical and existential.My Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100001420675472 more…

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