Analysis of If You Believe In Heaven
Experience can leaven
Circumstance can quell
If you believe in heaven you can go through h***
Experience can soften
Circumstance can mold
If you believe in heaven you can keep firm hold
Experience can deepen
Circumstance can grow
If you believe in heaven you can make love flow
Experience can harden
Circumstance can freeze
If you believe in heaven you can breathe in ease
Experience can broaden
Circumstance can build
If you believe in heaven you can join joy's guild
Experience can toughen
Circumstance can brace
If you believe in heaven you can maintain grace
| Scheme | AXX ABB ACC ADD AEE AFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110 1011 110101011111 0100110 1011 110101011111 0100110 1011 110101011111 0100110 1011 110101011101 0100110 1011 110101011111 0100110 1011 110101011011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 545 |
| Words | 95 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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