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
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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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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