Analysis of Everybody Lies
Everybody lies
There is no dispersal
It is no surprise pretext is universal and belief is rare
Everybody tries
There is no rehearsal
It is no surprise attempt is universal and effort is fair
Everybody cries
There is no traversal
It is no surprise upset is universal and panic is prayer
Everybody dies
There is no reversal
It is no surprise finish is universal and demise is scare
| Scheme | ABC ABC ABC ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001 111010 111011101000111 1001 111010 1110101101001011 1001 1111 1110101101001011 1001 111010 1110110101000111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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