Analysis of That's a lie
Paul Hicks 1964 (Chicago)
They say you only live once.
That's a lie.
You only die once,
So, live every day like it's your last
Because it may be the last day on earth
| Scheme | ABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Cinquain (40%) |
| Metre | 1111011 101 11011 1110011111 0111101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 149 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
About this poem
We are programmed to believe that we only live once, which keeps us trapped.
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