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
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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