If Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CDCCCD EFEEEFIf freckles were lovely and day was night | A |
And measles were nice and a lie warn't a lie | B |
Life would be delight | A |
But things couldn't go right | A |
For in such a sad plight | A |
I wouldn't be I | B |
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If earth was heaven and now was hence | C |
And past was present and false was true | D |
There might be some sense | C |
But I'd be in suspense | C |
For on such a pretense | C |
You wouldn't be you | D |
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If fear was plucky and globes were square | E |
And dirt was cleanly and tears were glee | F |
Things would seem fair | E |
Yet they'd all despair | E |
For if here was there | E |
We wouldn't be we | F |
E. E. Cummings
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