Analysis of Deception
The Lies about tomorrow,
define all truth today
Deceived by joy and sorrow
—all promise gone astray
(Las Vegas Nevada- January, 2017)
| Scheme | AB AB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) |
| Metre | 010101 011101 0111010 110101 110010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 131 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 35 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on January 24, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on July 01, 2019
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