This is an analysis of The Messenger by Howard Phillips Lovecraft.
The thing, he said, would come in the night at three
From the old churchyard on the hill below;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abba Xbba cddc ee
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,2,
- Metre: 01111100111 0011110101 11011110101 1101110110 101101100 0111101101 0101010101 11010010101 1111011111 0101110101 1001010101 11010010111 11011101001 10110101101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14