Analysis of The Lie
Your arms lift me up,
as your words take me down
And I’m caught in-between
your smile and frown
Your eyes making promises,
your words yet to keep
My spirit in limbo,
my heart left to weep
A soul now in turmoil,
my mind double dealt
As your fear and your passion
collide
What’s to be known,
and what’s to be felt
Is it your words or your actions
—that lie
(Villanova Pennsylvania: June, 2016)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XB XC XX XC XX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 111111 011001 1101 1110100 11111 110010 11111 01101 11101 1110110 01 0111 00111 11111110 11 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 399 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 34 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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