Analysis of Fidelity, Compulsion and Sleuth
Blind fidelity
Dependable loyalty
Faithful allegiance
Slave to addiction
Prisoner to compulsion
Hostage to control
Desire colors truth
Memory modifies data
Bent is a poor sleuth
| Scheme | AAX BBX CXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100 0100100 10010 11010 1001010 10101 010101 1001010 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 169 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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