Analysis of if i could forget

Isaac Kivumbi 1971 (Kampala)



Only if i could forget that day,
The First time of meeting you.
A cold cloudy evening it was,
now like a memory on my mind it  is.
Blind to see and foresee i was.
No warning, to the tender heart.
Like a rose no blossom till next season.
Only if i could forget,
it meant so much then less.
I pretend it was now.


Scheme ABCDCEFGHI
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 101110111 0111101 01101011 11010011111 11100111 11010101 1011101110 1011101 111111 101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 301
Words 65
Sentences 7
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 234
Words per stanza (avg) 66
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Submitted on February 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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