Analysis of The Truth
The truth is offensive
and not believed
The truth seems wrong
and ill conceived
But when it's in question
it grows to please
When sought in the heart
of those who'd thieve
| Scheme | ABXB XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011010 0101 0111 0101 111010 1111 11001 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 164 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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