Analysis of Nightmares
Joe Strickland 1986 (Hobbysville, SC)
Shadows dance and creep.
Haunting dreams with chilling fear.
Nightmares grasp and hold,
Trembling in the darkness deep.
Escape eludes, consciousness folds.
| Scheme | ABCAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 1101 1011101 1101 10000101 01011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 156 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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