Analysis of If Words
If words
Strong
Accusative
Were only in Sanskrit
Or in Hebrew, Arabic
Or Latin or Chinese
In ignorance unknowing
I would not object
But in my language
A false accusation
Destructive innuendo
Addressed to me
Is like a pesky flu – aggravating
I feel it – must combat it
Inexcusable, unsettling
Best to preserve the truth
Undeserving – time consuming
I will survive this pestilence
No need to redefine
Just tell, write the
Truth
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJKLGDGMGNOPM |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1 0100 010010 1010100 110101 0100010 11110 10110 01010 0100010 0111 110101100 1111101 001000100 110101 0101010 11011100 111001 1110 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 431 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 21 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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