Analysis of Truth Or Lie
Tell the fact about the act
and it will be your past
Tell the lie or alibi and it will last and last
| Scheme | ABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1010101 011111 101110011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 98 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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