Analysis of What if

Minka awesome 2004 (Kaduna)



What if the hero I wished for was always me
What if the chains tied to me was always free
What if we are just in someone's film
What if nothing exists and we're in someone dream

What if I could actually tell the future
What if in the future I see my body eaten by a vulture
What if fear and dreams exists in the same place
What if after all struggle still ended as a disgrace

What if I love and then forced to hate
What if because of that love am taken to court to debate
What if it's better to say 'oops' than what if
To jump a cliff or become emotionally stiff

What if I feel this way for the rest of my life
What If I meet God, what will I say in the afterlife
What if I fall as my enemies multiply
Oh my darling my wife said what if you fly

What if when I die that's when I started living
What if am giving my horoscope and it has no meaning
What if I ended this poem with many intentions
What if I give you a suggestion of my intention
What if the devil told me to write these questions!?

What if, this poem no farewell spoken or goodbye
And what if only God knows why?


Scheme AAXX BBCC DDEE FFGG HHIXI GG
Poetic Form
Metre 11010111111 1101111111 11111011 11100101011 11111001010 11001011110101010 11101010011 11101101101001 111101111 110111111011101 11110111111 110110101001 111111101111 1111111110010 11111110010 11101111111 111111111010 11110110011110 11110110110010 11111001011010 110101111110 11110111011 01110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 1,082
Words 234
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 2
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 36
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 38
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Written on May 12, 2022

Submitted by minkaawesome on August 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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