Analysis of A lie
Wishes weapon
Wasted words
Waiting, wanting
Left unheard
Scripted statement
Cautious tone
Careful context
Rules unknown
Fearing judgement
Past mistakes
Build a lie
To compensate
Stop wasting time
Its not too late
Wishes answered
We create
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFEHIJKJDJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010 101 1010 101 1010 101 1010 101 1010 101 101 110 1101 1111 1010 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 2 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 202 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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