Analysis of What If
I begin to think of my past
And all that i have done wrong
How adults just say let it go
Instead i say what if
I begin to think of the present
about what i am going through
They say that there's nothing left you can do
Instead i say what if
I begin to think of the future
Where and who i will be
The world says its not time to see
Instead i say what if
Lastly i lay still in my bed
My hair is white and i lay deathly ill
The doctor says to take all these pills
I say my prayers, close my eyes,
Enjoy my last seconds of life
Scheme | abcDeffDghhDijklm |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111111 0111111 10111111 011111 101111010 01111101 1111101111 011111 101111010 101111 01111111 011111 10111011 1111011101 010111111 1111111 01111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 507 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 17 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 405 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 116 |
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Submitted by ThroughAndThrough17 on October 02, 2015
Modified on March 14, 2023
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