Analysis of Complete Trust
What do you trust completely?
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… the habit of the mouse?
… the shelter of the house?
… the button of the blouse?
… the account of the spouse?
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… the peril of the curse?
… the tempo of the verse?
… the money of the purse?
… the account of the nurse?
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… the fusion of the blend?
… the sureness of the end?
… the method of the trend?
… the account of the friend?
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… the quiet of the calm?
… the panic of the bomb?
… the healing of the balm?
… the account of the mom?
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… the value of the pelf?
… the mischief of the elf?
… the surfeit of the shelf?
… the account of yourself?
© Wallace Dean LaBenne
| Scheme | X AAAA BBBB CCCC DDDD EEEE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 1 010101 010101 010101 001101 1 010101 01101 010101 001101 1 010101 01101 010101 001101 1 010101 010101 010101 001101 1 010101 010101 010101 001101 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 663 |
| Words | 145 |
| Sentences | 22 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 26, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 72 |
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Submitted on May 10, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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