Analysis of If Only (2)



And yes, if only I could... I would (if only
He lent His Graces to me--
Even for just one-fleeting moment) make the
Dirty--in a flash, come fresh and clean.
And my beloved City, a city "where the
Stars shine and twinkle--night and day" are not only
Hollywood celebrities, but all its ethnically,
Culturally and socially diverse residents,
Because they are "verily I say unto thee,"
The Angels (Los Angeles), hands down...halos up
Responsible for making it, what it has become
To all the world.


Scheme AABCBAADAEFG
Poetic Form
Metre 011101111110 1111011 10111101010 100011101 01011001010 110101011110 100100111100 1000010001100 0111111101 0101100111 0100110111101 1101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 482
Words 87
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 377
Words per stanza (avg) 85
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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