Analysis of Liars Never Win
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
If I keep going on like this
The rest I seek I’ll surely miss
I cannot find it late at night
To sleep all day is just not right
I will not let that liar win
His choicest fruit is only sin
So, when he offers it to you
Just hold your nose and say Pee-ewe
Don’t piss me off! To lie is sin.
And you know liars never win!
| Scheme | AABB CCDD CC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11110111 01111101 11011111 11111111 11111101 11011101 11110111 11110111 11111111 01110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on August 28, 2021
Submitted by dawg4jesus on April 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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