Analysis of If i die now.

CLIFORD CLAYDEN 2000 (Migori)



If i die now,
lay me on the alphabets,
In the white soil,

dont mourn me in black,
don't cry,
put me in your stories,
and say it loud,
here lies the ink of a wordsmith.


Scheme XAX XXAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11101 0011 11101 11 110110 0111 1101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 161
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 5
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Modified on March 14, 2023

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