Analysis of If I should die
If I should die
this very day
do not cry
for on earth
we were not meant to stay
| Scheme | ABACB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 1111 1101 111 111 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 79 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 12 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
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Written on July 04, 2022
Submitted by NanaKofiNkrumahAcker on June 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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