Analysis of If Only
If only you knew me,
If only it were real.
The feelings I have for you
Are greater than ever.
If only we weren’t two separate people,
Living life without knowledge of the other’s existence, Then things would be easier,
And life would be kinder.
But instead,
I’m locked up in this misery,
Wishing for a life
That’ll never come true
Because I’m alone.
| Scheme | ABCDEDDFAGCH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 110101 0101111 110110 1101111010 101011010100101111100 011110 101 11101100 10101 11011 01101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 359 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 271 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 64 |
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