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If I Knew How I Would

Wallace Dean LaBenne

If I knew how to love you more I would
If I knew how to soothe your core I would

If I knew how to make you fly I would
If I knew how to please your eye I would

If I knew how to give you sun I would
If I knew how to boost your fun I would

If I knew how to let you chill I would
If I knew how to keep your thrill I would

If I knew how to help you rate I would
If I knew how to cheer your fate I would

If I knew how to grant you peace I would
If I knew how to break your cease I would
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme AA AA AA AA AA AA
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 470
Words 120
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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