Transformation plays a large role in most stories meant to scare us. In these stories, transformation is what can either get the reader on the edge of their seat, or can change the story to much and make people lose interested in reader. In a scary story, transformation of something such as a character, or a setting, can build major suspense / fright which could be something the reader didn't expect
“Beware: do not read this poem” is a poem by Ishmael Reed. In the story, Reed uses transformation in his poem because, throughout the whole poem he talks about the dangers of reading it, and how the poem takes over your body, but then at the end of the poem, it says “statistic: