Analysis of IF
Richard Groff 1957 (Pottstown, Pa.)
If I could just learn how to pray
For all of those who go astray
If I could live a holy life
And honor God and love my wife
If I could just stop asking why
If I could learn to do or die
If I would only do these things
Then I know that my heart would sing
| Scheme | AA BB CC XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Couplet |
| Metre | 11111111 11111101 11110101 01010111 11111101 11111111 11110111 11111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 257 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Written on June 30, 2014
Submitted by dawg4jesus on July 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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