Analysis of If I Live One Thousand Years
If I slay one thousand deers, if I rope one thousand steers,
if I strike one thousand peers, if I throw one thousand spears,
you'd still be on my front and in my hunt.
If I cry one thousand tears, if I quell one thousand fears,
if I orb one thousand spheres, if I change one thousand gears,
you'd still be in my page and on my stage.
If I give one thousand leers, if I taunt one thousand jeers,
if I slur one thousand smears, if I smirk one thousand sneers,
you'd still be in my quips and on my lips.
If I live one thousand years, if I climb one thousand tiers,
if I down one thousand beers, if I toast one thousand cheers,
you'd still be on my chart and in my heart.
Scheme | AAX AAX BAX BAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111011111101 11111011111101 1111110011 11111011111101 11111011111101 1110110111 11111011111101 11111011111101 1110110111 11111011111101 11111011111101 1111110011 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 656 |
Words | 136 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 42 |
Words per line (avg) | 11 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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