Analysis of If I Follow



If I Follow

If I follow you, will you remember me,
when the road starts to curve and there’s nothing left to see?

If I loved you, would you burry me,
after you and I have run our course and there’s nothing left of we?

If I surrender to your touch, will you hold me tight,
or sneak away guiltless and flee like a thief in the dark of the night?

If I were drowning in the pools of your eyes, would you hasten to my rescue,
or slowly absorb what’s left of me into all of you?


Scheme X AA AA BB CC
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 11101110101 1011110110111 111111101 10101111010110111 1101011111111 11011001101001101 1101000111111101110 11001011101111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 499
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 11
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by IndigoHeart on March 23, 2023

Modified on April 10, 2023

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Gina Madeya

I'm a hopeless romantic who attempts to write when inspiration strikes or life stirs my soul.. Born on the East Coast, now living in the PNW, I'm a Realtor by day and would-be poet by night. A reader, wine lover and foodie, I enjoy this space for creative outlet more…

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