Analysis of The Sound



I keep hearing the sound
I cannot stop myself from shaking
Is it the sound of someone that kills?
I keep hearing the sound
Whatever it is, it’s giving me the chills
But I also hear the sound of breaking
I keep hearing the sound
I cannot stop myself from shaking


Scheme ABcAcbAB
Poetic Form
Metre 111001 11011110 11011111 111001 1011110101 1110101110 111001 11011110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 263
Words 52
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 208
Words per stanza (avg) 51

About this poem

A triolet poem about a creepy sound

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Written on April 22, 2022

Submitted by jpark on May 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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