Analysis of If I Went Deaf
If I went deaf, I would adjust
To life without each sound.
I still would do the things I must
And I would get around.
I also would try hard to learn
To sign with A.S.L.*
I know it's letters and I yearn
To know the words as well!
The Deaf Community is not
Unlike the ones who hear.
They laugh and cry; they think each thought;
With dreams like us each year!
*American Sign Language
Scheme | ABAB CDCD XXXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 110111 11110111 011101 11011111 1111 11110011 110111 01010011 010111 11011111 111111 0100110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 383 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 1 |
Lines Amount | 13 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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The Deaf Community
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Written on November 01, 2023
Submitted by stevec.24118 on November 01, 2023
Modified by stevec.24118 on November 01, 2023
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