Analysis of The Dark House
At the entrance of a west coast bay
Stands an abandoned light house in the harbor
No longer signals danger for ships to stay away
GPS guides them with a laser buoy marker
The now Dark House doesn't have a live keeper
A ghost occupies it without a task
Passing ship crews noticing it feel creepier
When waved at by a Phantom with a mask
| Scheme | ABAB BCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101010111 11010110010 1101010111101 11110101010 01111010110 011010101 1011100111 1111010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
About this poem
October poems are spookier.
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Written on October 05, 2023
Submitted on October 06, 2023
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