Analysis of TRUTH BE TOLD
Should I pretend or be real?
What I feel is surreal.
My heart is flushed,
My cheeks are blushed,
Boys are finer than before.
I see them now, they are mature,
If they see me I'm not quite sure,
For I feel lonely, lost, and sore.
| Scheme | AABBCDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101111 111101 1111 1111 1110101 11111101 11111111 11110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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