Analysis of 2020/10/02-07 ~ Lies Of Life
Cheyenne Seaman 2003 (Philadelphia)
I see the clouds and the darkness within.
I see the moon and its pearly whiteness.
Man, they say everything will be alright.
But how much of those truths are really lies?
Looking out the window, all I see is rain,
The rain that became my heart’s pain.
They say everything heals, just give it time
But how do I put their lies into rhyme?
Well-intentioned beliefs, they may be,
Or maybe I just take things too literally.
Do I know how to decipher the truth?
Or is life just one big ruse?
Death walks in, so brazen bold
Stretching out his fingers, oh so cold.
Then he breaks Life’s thin safety veil.
He brings to life his falsehoods and tales.
Piercing the veil; from darkness to light,
Sometimes things aren’t always black and white.
Betrayals from all sides, from those loved most
Showing that lies are truths to their hosts.
They say it’s better to fall in love for one night
Than to never know what love is your whole life.
Man, that’s where they’re oh so wrong.
It’s just another lie of Life’s all along.
The lies of Life are numerous
And days to Death do number us.
We live in a world of deals
And the lies of Life say our fate is sealed.
Scheme | XABX CCDD EEXX FFXX BBXX BXGG AAXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001001 1101011010 11110111 1111111101 10101011111 01101111 111011111 1111111011 101001111 110111111000 1111101001 1111111 1101101 101110111 11111101 11111101 100111011 011101101 0101111111 101111111 111101101111 11101111111 1111111 11010111101 01111100 01111101 1100111 00111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,130 |
Words | 217 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted by RoseofVenus on March 18, 2021
Modified by RoseofVenus on August 15, 2021
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