This is an analysis of the poem You Have Skeletons In Your Closet that begins with:
A faithful presence kept within,
Isn't in need of outside intervention....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAB AcdeXb AaXX babX cXeXb X ba AABXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,6,4,4,5,1,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01010101 00010111010 1110010100 01010101 10101101000 110100010 00101001 101100 0101010001 01010101 0101010011010 01010010 1111111 11101 11111111 111000110 111000 1100 01011101111 11101000111 11111011 10001011111 1111 1101110 10101 01010101 00010111010 1110010100 1101010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 30
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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