Analysis of If You Believe



What if you die
with no knowledge you’re dead
in the ground or the oven
no tears to be shed
What if you die
with the door closing tight
memoriam ended
devoid of the light

But what if you die
and a Voice filters through
a Voice you remember
from when you were new
And after you die
a Hand reaches down
pulling you back
— your soul Heaven bound

(1st Book Of Prayers: April, 2024)


Scheme AbxbAcxc adxdaxxx x
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 111011 0011010 11111 1111 101101 110 01101 11111 001101 011010 11101 01011 01101 1011 11101 111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 383
Words 78
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 99
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on April 19, 2024

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