Analysis of "What if"
Oluwatosin 2004 (Rivers State)
What if?
I give up on this feeling.
What if?
I lose myself in the moment.
What if ?
I can't hold on waiting to hear from you.
What if?
I am losing hope.
What if?
Am getting weak.
Run quickly to me.
My hope is fading away like the night.
My smile dims by the tick of the clock.
My heart's sinks by the dawn of the day..
What if?
You came back and am no longer yours?
What if?
My feelings run away and I can't catch up.
You said it's over.
What if?
I said it has just began.
You said you're tired.
What if?
I want more.
You said you are weary.
What if?
Am still enthusiastic..
Do my feelings no longer matter?
Do they mean nothing to you?
What if?
I still hold on to those memories
What if?
The mention of your name still bring a smile on my face.
What if?
I still beam at the sight of you.
What if?
I don't wanna let go.
What do you want me to do?
| Scheme | Ax Ax Ab Ax Ax cx xx Ax Ax d Ax x Ax c Ax db Ax Ax Ab Ax b |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11 1111110 11 1110010 11 1111101111 11 11101 11 1101 11011 1111001101 111101101 111101101 11 111011101 11 11010101111 11110 11 1111101 11110 11 111 111110 11 110010 111011010 1111011 11 111111100 11 0101111101111 11 11110111 11 111011 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 867 |
| Words | 235 |
| Sentences | 37 |
| Stanzas | 21 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 38 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
About this poem
"What if" is a peom that depicts the heart of a wailing lover,the sorrows of a lover that was left alone. The feeling of this lover was converted into words with hopes of finding love again.
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Written on November 16, 2022
Submitted by oluwatosinthomas4 on November 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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