Analysis of Action or Words



Action or Words

A word is just a word with no action behind it.
Say this, say that, all these fake promises.
Speak bold and loud with these fake accomplishments.
Pass time with lies, unfortunately your out of it.
I here this and that flowing down the drain and swallowing it.
Think before you speak before you set a bad taste.
Mean what you say, if that's the case.
In due time the hope becomes a disgrace.


Scheme X AXXAAXBB
Poetic Form
Metre 1011 0111011110011 1111111100 11011110100 1111010001111 111011010101001 101110111011 11111101 0110101001
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 418
Words 89
Sentences 9
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 8
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted by resume0809 on March 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Poetic ER

Born and raised in Boston, Massachusetts. I started writing poems as an outlet, when I was 11 years old and just continued on. I think I have evolved to spoken word. Soon hoping to have several short books of life. more…

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