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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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