Analysis of Would I Trade The Words
Would I trade the words…
would I trade for a song
Would I trade the words…
for a life ever long
Would I trade the words…
for a pulpit on high
Would I trade the words…
for the moon and the sky
Would I trade the words…
for immortality insured
Would I trade the words…
for your love still unheard
Would I trade the words…
for all fortune and fame
Would I trade the words
—would my soul then remain
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2016)
| Scheme | Ab Ab Ac Ac Ax Ax Ax Ax c |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 111101 11101 101101 11101 101011 11101 101001 11101 1010001 11101 111101 11101 111001 11101 111101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 444 |
| Words | 84 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 19, 2016
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on March 18, 2020
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