Analysis of The Legend Of Nigel



It started many, many years ago,
how many years we just don't know.
Now every year on Halloween,
the ghost of Nigel can be seen.
Nigel lived in older times,
he was arrested for many crimes.
Nigel waited to again be free,
instead he was hanged, for all to see.
Sometime later, it was proved,
those crimes committed, Nigel did not do.
Nigel was innocent, but put to death,
now his soul can never rest.
On Halloween each and every year,
somewhere, sometime, his ghost will appear.
Very few have seen him, and did survive,
but most of his victims are no longer alive.
This Halloween you must beware,
Nigel's ghost could be seen anywhere.
If he chooses you, you can't be saved.
We will put fresh flowers on your grave.


Scheme AABBCCDDEFGHIIJJKKLM
Poetic Form Etheree  (45%)
Metre 1101010101 11011111 11001101 01110111 1010101 110101101 101010111 011111111 110111 1101010111 1011001111 1111101 101101001 1111101 1011110101 111110111001 1011101 1111110 111011111 111110111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 694
Words 131
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 551
Words per stanza (avg) 131
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Submitted on October 27, 2009

Modified on March 05, 2023

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