Analysis of The Truth About A Lie...



I've come to know the truth of a lie,
They hurt all of our feelings and they make us cry.
I don't understand why they were ever started at all,
Did someone say they were needed--who made that call?
Why can't we just open our hearts and tell it like it is,
Then our lives wouldn't have to be as fake as show biz.
Just think what life would be like if no one could ever tell a lie,
No matter what you did the truth would come out-no need to try.
Take a minute now and just let time stand completely real,
Look inside of your hearts and think of how you really feel.
Is your life going just the way that your heart had truly planned,
Or have the lies that you have told made your lives end up shit canned?
If we all take a look inside of ourselves can we make the change,
Get rid of lies forever from our words and make our habits rearrange.
Inside of all of our hearts tests the answers to all of our dreams,
They're just waiting for us to set them free-cause only we have the means.
Life here is so short let's all start a new path-a more truthful one today.
Let's leave all of the lies behind us and finally let our hearts lead the way.
So from this day forward let not one of us ever tell another lie,
Just think of how much water we can save if we never again have to cry!


Scheme AABBCCAADDEEFFGHIIAA
Poetic Form
Metre 111101101 1111101001111 1101110101011 11110101111 111110101011111 11011011111111 1111111111110101 110111011111111 10101011110101 10111101111101 111101011111101 110111111111111 11110101100111101 1111010110101101001 011111011010111101 11101111111101101 111111110110110101 11110101101001101101 111110111111010101 1111110111111001111
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,274
Words 278
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 49
Words per line (avg) 13
Letters per stanza (avg) 984
Words per stanza (avg) 259

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A page from my life.

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Submitted by rcatron1963 on December 16, 2023

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