Analysis of Foolish
Twisted lies melt together and churn,
While my heart is torn and it hurts with a burn
Fate now laughs at me from up above,
Because I was foolish to think this to be love
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 101101001 11111011101 111111101 011110111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Written on 2007
Submitted by darkshadow on July 20, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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