Analysis of Honesty
Erick Arvizu 1980 (Williamsburg, VA)
I can be honest
About almost anything
Ask me what I’m feeling
I may even begin to sing
I can be honest
Speaking my own truth
Without any prompting
I’ll just tell you
I can be honest
Except to myself
I can lie to the mirror
Set the truth on a shelf
I can lie about my feelings
I can lie until it hurts
Mirror me see’s through it
He sounds all of the alerts
He sometimes awakes me
Though my eyes may be open
Prompting me to be honest
So I’ll seal that door with my pen
| Scheme | Abbb Axbx Acxc xdxd xxax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Quatrain (40%) |
| Metre | 11110 01110 111110 11100111 11110 10111 011010 1111 11110 0111 1111010 101101 11101110 1110111 101111 1111001 10111 1111110 1011110 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 478 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on February 16, 1980
Submitted by thepumpkinklng on November 22, 2021
Modified on April 04, 2023
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