Analysis of Honesty
If sometimes you tell the truth
And sometimes flat-out lie,
How am I supposed to know
On which one to rely?
Read or listen to the news
And government report;
Misinformation's rampant:
Intention to distort.
In relationships of trust
And deep intimacy,
Everything is diluted
When veiled in secrecy.
Who can you trust completely
With all that you possess;
To keep confidence and goods
No need to second-guess?
Once you said "my word is bond"
There was integrity;
Now the facts seem optional,
Where is the honesty?
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC CDXD XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1011101 001111 1110111 111101 1110101 010001 110 010101 001011 011000 101010 110100 1111010 111101 1110001 111101 1111111 110100 1011100 110100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 491 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on April 04, 2023
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