Analysis of If You So Choose



She reads books not to escape her life but
rather, to experience the places she’s    
yet to travel.  
To see these places in her mind, and color in the once empty spaces.  
Vividly
she is able to see the world whenever she chooses, as if she saw it with her own eyes
If only you too, could experience the places she’s allowed herself to travel to
with her mind.

Oh, but didn’t they tell you?
You can travel there too.
If you so choose.  


Scheme XAXAXABX BBA
Poetic Form
Metre 1111101011 10101000101 1110 111100010100011010 100 11101101010110111111011 1101110100010101011101 101 111111 111011 1111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 449
Words 92
Sentences 7
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 3
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 42

About this poem

This is the first thing I’ve written to paper in 13 years. I wrote this for the people in the world who may not ever have been told prior to now about all the magic there is to be found within the bounded pages of a novel. I wanted them, I wanted you, to know, that you can choose to see the world despite any obstacle you think is preventing you to, if you so choose. I hope you enjoy reading this, as much as it brought me joy to write it. Thank you for your time and your consideration.  

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Written on January 07, 2023

Submitted by savannahnoelplatt on January 08, 2023

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Savannah Noel Platt

My name is Savannah Noel Platt. I am a wife. I am a mother. I am also many more titles, all of which I carry with pride. I am also a writer. I began writing because I know I have the ability to inspire the world. We all do. We simply have to decide that we will. So I am. I want to spark joy in the world. I chose to do so through writing, through speaking, through allowing others to hear that i have something important to say. So thank you reader, for listening to what I have to say. For allowing yourself to be receptive to my movement to spark joy in the world. more…

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