Analysis of What Might Have Been .
Might I have been eye-sight blind ,
Might I have been blind from within ,
Might I could see yellow in green .
Might there be no conscience to judge ,
Might there run beguile and buzz ,
Might there pervade only skinny touch .
Might there be women only sex-appetite ,
Might the old-men occupy innocence bride ,
Might the wedlock be,- give and take ,
Might there be faces of painted fakes .
Might the religions be exploitation ,
Might the politics stand for aggression ,
Might there be ,-might is right, motion .
Might there be snake , wolf , scorpion ,
Might they go rampant in human brain ,
Might the civilization sojourn in b*st**l train .
| Scheme | XXX XXX XXXX AAA ABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111111 11111101 11111001 11111011 1110101 110110101 1111010110 1011101001 1011101 111101101 10010110 101011010 11111110 11111100 111100101 1000101001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 625 |
| Words | 104 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on October 24, 2012
Modified on March 05, 2023
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