Analysis of If I May Ask.
If I may ask,
who the person is
that wills your task
and asks you to live?
If I may ask,
what do you give
behind all the masks
to the core of your earth?
If I may ask,
where are you going
under a sun to bask
or into a sun and your own god?
If I may ask
when will you get there
and feel love last
for infinite bliss?
If I may ask
how will it know
if its ready to rule
a lifetime of evolution?
| Scheme | AbacAdefAgahAijkAlmn |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 1111 10101 1111 01111 1111 1111 01101 101111 1111 11110 100111 101010111 1111 11111 0111 11001 1111 1111 111011 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 391 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 295 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 89 |
About this poem
Permission to be you.
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