Analysis of Believe
Sometimes I ponder
I like to pretend
I laugh at some miracles
that astound foolish men
A legion of minds
Stuck behind a long bend
Lest a sequence of numbers
Be the truth in the end
The sign of the cross
The religion of loss
A nation of hopeful but lost
I breathe the air
I want to care
I want to believe what I see is there
the truth can be lonely
When my fears try to own me
God says he knows me
Down to the last hair
I have my doubts
If I am to be fair
| Scheme | ABCDEBFBGGHIIIJJJIKI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 01110 11101 1111100 101101 01011 101011 1010110 101001 01101 001011 01011011 1101 1111 1110111111 011110 1111111 11111 11011 1111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 435 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 355 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 100 |
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Submitted on January 24, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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