Analysis of If We Knew
If we knew when friends around us
Closely press to say goodbye
Which among the lips that kiss us
First would 'neath the daisies lie
We would clasp our arms around them
Looking on them through our tears
Tender words of loving kindness
We would whisper in their ears.
| Scheme | ABABCDAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111011 101111 10101111 1110101 111101011 10111101 10111010 1110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 266 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 215 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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