Analysis of If
If a man could live a thousand years,
When half his life had passed,
He might, by strict economy,
A fortune have amassed.
Then having gained some common-sense,
And knowledge, too, of life,
He could select the woman who
Would make him a true wife.
But as it is, man hasn't time
To even pay his debts,
And weds to be acquainted with
The woman whom he gets.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 101110101 111111 11110100 010101 11011101 010111 11010101 111011 11111101 110111 01110101 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 349 |
Words | 70 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 22, 2023
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