Analysis of What if
Mark A Klein 1965 (Cairo)
If today I found out I had cancer
Who would I tell
Who wants to know
Who gives a damn
I don’t want any sympothy
No fake cry’s of pain
I know where I’ve been
And who’s been there with me
Why do I need casual friends now
Or did I need them at all
The pleasure of popularity
Means nothing to me now
I think if I have just one
One true friend through it all
I would know peace
Know that I mattered
Fight it I will
But on my terms
And if it beats me
My true friends will know
| Scheme | XXAX XXXB CDBC XDXX XXBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 1011111110 1111 1111 1101 111101 11111 11111 011111 111110011 1111111 01010100 110111 1111111 111111 1111 11110 1111 1111 01111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 483 |
| Words | 108 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
About this poem
Cancer affects us all. What if it happened to you. Who would really be there for you.
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