Analysis of The lies you believe

Paul Chapman 1981 (California)



You have everyone believing what you promote yourself to be.
Honest, loving, and loyal is what you want them to see.
You cleverly manipulate half truths and made up facts.
Behind closed doors feverishly plotting your next attack.
All it takes is a little kindness to keep them on your side.
And they unknowingly support your schemes to build up your pride.
But I’ve seen the real you, and the darkness in control.
Your heart is as empty as your black soul.
Why fool so many, what could you possibly achieve?
Then I realized, it not just for them, it’s the lies YOU believe.


Scheme AABCDDEEFF
Poetic Form
Metre 111001011010111 10100101111111 1100010110111 0111100101101 111101010111111 010100011111111 1110110010001 1111101111 1111011110001 111011111101101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 584
Words 113
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 452
Words per stanza (avg) 104

About this poem

Written as a desperate attempt to change the mind and deal with heartbreak

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Written on November 16, 2022

Submitted by paulntm1981 on November 21, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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