Analysis of The Girl and the Ghoul



There once was a girl who lived in a world where nothing seemed to matter.
Nothing but the hostile soul of a hell-bound ghoul, who once beloved the girl who was trolled.
May fool be the name of the girl with the maim,
for she had been tricked into eating the apple that never fell far from the tree.
She lives in lament and dismay.
Thus, the ghoul lives in fiery,
bidding pardon for what his feeble heart regrets.
The girl lays down like sleeping beauty,
never wanting to be awakened by the ghoul and his cruelty.

I wrote this poem in conclusion to the quote "The way to love anything is to realize that it might be lost." - G. K. Chesterton


Scheme XAXBXBXAA X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11101110011101110 101010110111110101111 11101101101 11111011001011011101 11001001 10110100 101011110101 011111010 1010110101010110 11110001010101111011101111111100
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 632
Words 124
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 9, 1
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 50
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 251
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Malak Shaito

I'm young but getting older. As I grow I learn more and more about this world and its branch, life. People, places, things, Ive met and seen. All come together for me to compose poetry. My thoughts and feelings also play a part in my writing but the influences are myriad. more…

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