Analysis of What Happened?



What happened to the Giant Pandas’,
And the gorillas’,
And turtles’
What happened to the rhinos’
And the tigers’
And elephants,
What happened to the cool summers’,
And the clean water,
And low tides,
What happened to caring for the planet,
And recycling,

What will happen when there are no more bees to pollinate our plants,
What will happen when the forests where animals and plants live on gets cut down,
What will happen when more and more wildfires destroy the homes of animals and people,

What will we do?
Where will we go?

How can we live on Mars when OUR planet is in danger,
How can we live happily ever after,
If there’s nowhere to live,

Climate change IS an issue,
And we should do something to stop it,
Even the smallest things can make a big difference.


Scheme AAXXBXBCXXX XXX DX CCX DXX
Poetic Form
Metre 110101010 00010 010 110101 0010 0100 11010110 00110 011 1101101010 00100 1110111111110101 1110101011000111111 111011011001011100010 1111 1111 111111110101010 11111001010 11111 1011110 011110111 1001011101100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 799
Words 166
Sentences 4
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 11, 3, 2, 3, 3
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 28

About this poem

Its about climate change, and how it has affected all of us and how it may affect us in the future.

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Written on October 08, 2022

Submitted by sreelakshmipayyana on October 08, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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