Analysis of If I Could Go Back
Regrets- we all have them
Lucky is the soul who doesn't,
no sorrow for wrong done on a whim
or sad thoughts for what wasn't.
If I could just go back in time
I'd visit people I neglected
the heights to which I'd climb
Would not seem so expected.
I'd make time for sweet communion
between family and friends
If I could back for a reunion
where sharing never ends.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111 10101110 110111101 1111110 11111101 110101010 011111 1111010 11111010 0110001 111110010 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 282 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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