Analysis of We Don't Believe It



We don't believe it but we know we're going to lose
Reality can't amuse when we blow a fuse

We don't believe it but we know we're going to win
Reality can't begin when we turn a spin

We don't believe it but we know we're going to ache
Reality can't awake when we feel a quake

We don't believe it but we know we're going to heal
Reality can't reveal when we take a deal

We don't believe it but we know we're going to wed
Reality can't embed when we see a dread

We don't believe it but we know we're going to sire
Reality can't inspire when we catch on fire

We don't believe it but we know we're going to die
Reality can't ally when we have a high

We don't believe it but we know we're going to live
Reality can't forgive when we free a sieve


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FF GG XX
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 1101111111011 1010111101 1101111111011 1010111101 1101111111011 1010111101 1101111111011 1010111101 1101111111011 1010111101 11011111110110 10101111110 1101111111011 1011011101 1101111111011 1010111101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 725
Words 152
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 71
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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