Analysis of Bought To Buy And Believe



So many rely on rumors.
Bought to buy and believe.
So many invest in living lies.
Sold as told to deceive.
No matter what the truth.
Even if it's clear enough to see.
Up and in their faces.
Clear enough to see.

So many claim they have faith.
But what is it kept faithful.
So many wear their labels.
To imitate and fake.
And everyday they masquerade,
A life lived...
To charade!
All day.
And night long.

Few these days want to be seen,
Being who they are to be.
Few these days want to be seen,
Without disguising their false faces.
All day.
And, night long.
Few these days want to be seen,
Being who they are to be.
And yet they are the same ones,
Claiming gone is all reality.
Gone.
To live it.
As if afraid to be,
Themselves.
To live it.
As truthful as their faith is claim to be.
All day.
And,
Night long.
Without deception hiding falsities.
As a life to fight to live it.
Disguising falsified.
As a life to fight to live it.
Hiding falsified!
All day.
And night long.
Going on!


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Poetic Form
Metre 11001110 111001 110010101 111101 110101 101110111 100110 10111 1101111 1111110 1101110 11001 0101101 011 101 11 011 1111111 1011111 1111111 010101110 11 011 1111111 1011111 0111011 1011110 1 111 110111 01 111 1101111111 11 0 11 01010101 10111111 01010 10111111 1010 11 011 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 982
Words 235
Sentences 37
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 9, 27
Lines Amount 44
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 248
Words per stanza (avg) 63
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Written on July 05, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on July 05, 2023

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