Analysis of If Only
If only to write the way
a new wave breaks
If only to write the way
a rainbow forms
If only to write the way
the moonlight calls
If only to write the way
a baby’s born
If only to write the way
the dawn explodes
If only to write the way
a mountain stares
If only to write the way
a rose unfurls
If only to write the way
—God’s love we share
(Villanova Pennsylvania: July, 2017)
| Scheme | Ab Ax Ax Ax Ax Ax Ab Ax x |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101 0111 1101101 011 1101101 011 1101101 011 1101101 0101 1101101 0101 1101101 011 1101101 1111 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 409 |
| Words | 90 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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Submitted by KurtPhilipBehm on July 03, 2017
Modified by KurtPhilipBehm on April 29, 2022
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