Analysis of Fudge The Truth
Fudge the truth to improvise
Fudge your lies to compromise
Each one offers some disguise
Each one has ways to revise
Use them both to moralize
Use them both to facts demise
Stretch the truth to amplify
Stretch your lies to magnify
Each one offers apple-pie
Each one has a hue and cry
Use them both as "do-or-die"
Use them both to facts deny
Tell the truth to save a trace
Tell your lies to save your face
Each one offers the "best-case"
Each one has a time and place
Use them both for breathing space
Use them both to facts erase
| Scheme | AAAAAABBBBBBCCCCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101110 111110 1110101 1111101 111110 1111101 101110 111110 1110101 1110101 1111111 1111101 1011101 1111111 1110011 1110101 1111101 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 512 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 420 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 102 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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