Analysis of Alibis And Lullabies
Lullabies are soothing songs
Our tensions they relieve
Alibis are disowned wrongs
Their purpose to deceive
| Scheme | A B A B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101 1010101 101011 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 103 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 4 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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