Analysis of The shadow on the wall
The restless night, an awakening fright, a shadow on the wall
The dim light creeps, a stair that creaks, the shadow looming tall
The light it fades, the gloom in shades
Does a figure stalk the hall
A raven’s crows know the fear that grows, as the shadow collects its toll
| Scheme | AABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 010110100101101 0111011101101 01110101 1010101 0101101111010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 43 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 214 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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A fear that grips on the darkest of nights, as the shadow on the wall embodies all your fears
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