Held In Confidence
When I show you bruises
do you pop the lid?
Is it held in confidence or open to some bid?
When I show you riches
do you tell the news?
Is it held in confidence or let-slip in the cues?
When I show you defects
do you fly the word?
Is it held in confidence or told via a bird?
When I show you wishes
do you crack the safe?
Is it held in confidence or stolen as a waif?
When I show you errors
do you catapult?
Is it held in confidence or given by default?
When I show you secrets
do you spill the bean?
Is it held in confidence or set upon a screen?
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABB ACC XDD XEE XXX XFF |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 529 |
Words | 117 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
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