Analysis of If I could fly
If I could fly, I would soar through the sky
Flying with birds as the world passes me by
If I could fly, I would slice through the air
Floating in space, without a care
But I cannot fly, but if it were true
If I could fly, I would fly with you
| Scheme | AABBCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Sestain |
| Metre | 1111111101 10111011011 1111111101 10010101 1110111101 111111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on April 28, 2012
Modified on March 24, 2023
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