Analysis of Secret Chest



Chest full of secrets
Hidden beneath the bed
So cold and aged
Act as if their dead

Only revealed to those who can handle it
It's not for the feint hearted
That's why I bury it

Deep down in the attic
My secrets live
Not for the weak
Or feint heart hearted


Scheme XAXA BCB XXXC
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 100101 1101 11111 10011111101 1110110 111101 110010 1101 1101 11110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 244
Words 52
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 4, 3, 4
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 67
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on October 15, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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