Analysis of If It's Not One Thing...
First it was rain and then it was snow,
if it’s not one thing it’s another
Once in the dark and now in the know,
if it’s not one thing it’s another
The journey long, the destination obscured,
if it’s not one thing it’s another
Redemption the promise, damnation assured
—if it’s not one thing it’s another
(Villanova Pennsylvania: March, 2017)
| Scheme | aB aB cB cB x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101111 111111010 100101001 111111010 0101001001 111111010 01001001001 111111010 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 352 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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