Analysis of Time Does Not Wait
DO NOT PUT OFF~
WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE~
TAKE MY ADVICE TODAY~
I LEARNED THIS THE VERY HARD WAY
time does not wait
dream your dreams today
and make them come true
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| Scheme | X X A A XAX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 110101 11101011 1111 11101 01111 1 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 22 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
About this poem
I just learned this lesson the hard way today. Thinking of visiting a friend or having dinner with someone special. DO IT. for that thought may not be possible tomorrow.
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