Analysis of Staying True



Waiting for self,
needing to be,
who I think I am.
Not succumbing,
to life's pressures,
and demands.
Carrying my values,
and morals intact,
keeping my character,
always upfront,
I try to stay true.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 1011 11111 1010 1110 001 100110 01001 101100 11 11111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 187
Words 34
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on April 20, 2015

Modified on March 05, 2023

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