Analysis of Maybe



Maybe you still feel the same
Maybe I still do to
Maybe you haven't changed
Maybe I could never change you
Maybe we still have a chance
Maybe I just wish we did
Maybe we're perfect for one another
Maybe I shouldn't kid

Maybes will drive you crazy
they'll create false hope and false doubt
Maybes will ruin you
well before the truth will run you down
so I'll pick up the phone
dial your number
throw maybe out the window
and give us a chance at forever


Scheme XAXAXBCB XXAXXCXC
Poetic Form
Metre 1011101 101111 101101 10111011 1011101 1011111 1010111010 101101 111110 10111011 11101 101011111 111101 10110 1101010 011011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 436
Words 88
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 180
Words per stanza (avg) 44
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Submitted on July 27, 2014

Modified on March 05, 2023

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