Analysis of What If?



It does no good to wonder what
You might have done if doors weren't shut
Or what if you had grabbed

The doorknob and then opened it
To see if you were truly fit
With choices no one flagged.

The "what if" thoughts that second guess
Decisions of what became a mess
Can cause you so much doubt.

When making choices that might be
Embarrassing if should see
Them fail inside and out.


Scheme AAX BBX CCD EED
Poetic Form
Metre 11111101 111111101 111111 01001101 11110101 110111 01111101 010110101 111111 11010111 0100111 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 381
Words 78
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 75
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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Written on June 22, 2023

Submitted by stevec.24118 on June 22, 2023

Modified by stevec.24118 on June 22, 2023

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