Analysis of Cleansing
We've sorted through boxes of memories
Swept away all the dust and the ghosts
Removed the thick cobwebs constricting our minds
Expelled demons that made us their hosts
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 1101101100 101101001 01011010101 011011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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