Analysis of No Alibi
Like a chatoyant gemstone, such as a cat's eye,
your luster is changeable with no alibi.
Like a sleuth illustrious, such as a great spy,
your inkling is changeable with no alibi.
Like a skin-swap chameleon, such as a vat's dye,
your manner is changeable with no alibi.
Like an untidy paddock, such as a pig's sty,
your array is changeable with no alibi.
Like a navy commander, such as Captain Bligh,
your diktat is changeable with no alibi.
Like a talmi-gold bracelet, such as a cheap buy,
your design is changeable with no alibi.
Like a blank philosophy, such as a blue-sky,
your belief is changeable with no alibi.
Scheme | AA AA AA AA AA AA AA |
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Poetic Form | Couplet |
Metre | 101111011 11011001110 101010011011 11011001110 1011010011011 11011001110 110101011011 10111001110 101001011101 1111001110 10111011011 10111001110 101010011011 10111001110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 603 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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