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
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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Jasmin DeRouchie

Jasmin DeRouchie, A young poet from America influenced by poetry writes "What If". A poem that expresses life from future to past. more…

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