Analysis of I'm a liar

Sandy O'Donovan 1970 (Paola, KS)



I say I will quit, they call me a liar
I just keep getting higher and higher
I feel so lost
Without my hawks
You made me see
The true me
I'm full of sorrow
Because I know I will love you more tomorrow.


Scheme AABCDDEE
Poetic Form
Metre 11111111010 1111010010 1111 0111 1111 011 11110 01111111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 201
Words 44
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 8
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 155
Words per stanza (avg) 44

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Written on May 28, 2022

Submitted by jebcase7573 on December 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Sandy O'Donovan

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