Analysis of The Cheater



Butterflies,Butterflies
Over here and there
Lights, lights, lights
All around take flight
Lies, lies, lies
He’s done nothing but deceive
Dies, dies, dies
Six feet under he lies


Scheme ABACADAA
Poetic Form
Metre 1 10101 111 10111 111 1110101 111 111011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 179
Words 30
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 141
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by Morgaen.Abair on May 31, 2023

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