Analysis of Living a lie



The world is man
So you’ll have to hide
People are watching
Even when you live in the dark
Try not to fall, adjust to this setting

I want to see the world
And outside the walls
Do not say such things
And learn to cook instead
You’re an object to the man, for the world is his

It is time to be sold
Show us you’re worthy
And find a man
Work day and night
And then prove your fertility

I listened
Day to day, I obeyed
I passed it on to my children
The world is man
And you’ll have to learn

They were resilient, stubborn
I tried till I lost my balance
We were being watched
By eyes unknown
I lost my grip and one slipped away

Out the window
And into the skies with the birds
Where she always said she belonged
I kept her in a coffin, killed her curiosity
But it wasn’t enough

I am woman
The world isn’t mine
So I was taught and so I believed
I adjusted till I started to bend
Will it always be like this?

I looked into the skies and she was gone
Shattering the flower vase
Just like my life
A life that wasn’t mine
A life that is a lie.


Scheme Axbxb xxxxx xcaxc xxdAe exxxx xxxcx dfxxx xxxfx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (38%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 0111 11111 10110 10111001 1111011110 111101 01101 11111 011101 111010110111 111111 11110 0101 1101 01110100 110 111101 11111110 0111 01111 1001010 11111110 10101 1101 111101101 1010 00101101 1111101 1100010100100 11101 1110 0111 111101101 1010111011 111111 1101010111 1000101 1111 01111 011101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,077
Words 245
Sentences 2
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5
Lines Amount 40
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

Just a little something about the ancient woman.

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Written on August 08, 2022

Submitted by on August 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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