Analysis of In denial
passerbys seem to know
they give a sideways glance & a smile
and discreetly look away;
how is it they can see in my eyes all that
I've never confessed to him,
though sitting beside me,
maybe even all I've never confessed
to myself.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1101101 0010101 11111101111 1100111 110011 1010111001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 224 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 181 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 02, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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