Analysis of Did I lie?
Ryley Jenkins 2007 (Cwmbran)
The truth
I hand you the truth,
like Brutus handed the knife.
The sharp knife impales.
Wanted it didn't you?
The rusty razor.
Here.
Take it.
Listen.
It hurts
but it needs to.
The truth.
I hand you a book,
a book of Aristotle.
You look shook.
All 2000 pages.
Deadly
but needed
like a knife.
| Scheme | Aabx cx xxxxc Adxdx xxb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 11101 1101001 01101 101101 01010 1 11 10 11 1111 01 11101 011100 111 110 10 110 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2, 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 11 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 44 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
About this poem
A poem on truth.
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Written on September 16, 2023
Submitted by ryleyjenkins210 on September 16, 2023
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