If Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABAAAB CDCCCD EFEEEF| If 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 |
| - | |
| 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 |
| - | |
| 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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