Analysis of Trust
John Boyle O'Reilly 1844 (Dowth) – 1890 (Boston)
A MAN will trust another man, and show
His secret thought and act, as if he must;
A woman—does she tell her sins? Ah, no!
She never knew a woman she could trust.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111010101 1101011111 0101110111 1101010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 171 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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