Analysis of Happy Lies



I’m trying too hard
To convince you,
But it has worked
And I’ve got you fooled.
You think
I’ve completely healed from this.
You think
I’m completely okay now.
You think
I’ve completely gotten over this
And now you’re completely wrong.
I’ve completely fooled you
And I hide my true self away,
Forever concealed behind this wall of happiness,
Forever hidden behind my smile.
My lies of happiness have got you fooled.
My cheerful smile,
My joyful expression,
My happy face,
It all says that I’m doing just fine
So you won’t suspect a thing
From my happy lies.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11011 1011 1111 01111 11 1010111 11 101011 11 101010101 0110101 101011 01111101 0100101111100 010100111 1111001111 1101 110010 1101 111111011 1110101 11101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 577
Words 114
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 436
Words per stanza (avg) 99
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Submitted by lonely-blue-sheep on April 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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