Analysis of I Lie
Life lied to me
then I started to lie
mom left me with only a bye
grief came to me, and so I cry
blame plagues me, and so I lie
Life lies to me
and now I lie
strife clings to me, hear my sigh
peace evades me, god's reply
afraid to look up, forgetting the sky
Life lies to me
now living a lie
laying down, ready to die
if death comes for me, how will cry
love escapes me because I was a lie
| Scheme | abbbb Abbbb Abbbb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 111011 11111001 11110111 1110111 1111 0111 1111111 1011101 0111101001 1111 11001 1011011 11111111 1011011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
About this poem
This poem is a reflection on how I started to lie.
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