Analysis of Never Too Late



It is never too late.
Until awaiting to procrastinate,
A wasting of time had has come and gone.
But...
Does it really matter,
To the ones accustomed to hesitate?
Then seem always to find excuses to make.
Hoping someone else will take the blame,
For something to accuse them...
Of not remembering saying,
'To procrastinate about everything you say...
You should do as early as possible,
Leaves that early worm to catch for the birds!'

'I said what?
I don't remember saying that to you at all.'

'And you call yourself a friend?
How do you expect me to get anything done,
If I am not reminded of it!?
That's why from now on,
I am not going to depend upon anyone...
To insist I make up my mind.
And stick to whatever I decide to do!'

'Uh...
Sounds like a good idea.
Will that be,
Before or after you change your mind?'

'Blaming me for the doing of it.'


Scheme AAXBXAXXXXXXX BX XCDXCEX FFXE D
Poetic Form
Metre 111011 010101010 0101111101 1 111010 101010110 1111101011 10111101 1101011 11010010 1010011011 1111101100 1110111101 111 110101011111 0110101 11101111101 111101011 11111 111101010110 10111111 011101111 1 1101010 111 011101111 101101011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 867
Words 195
Sentences 21
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 13, 2, 7, 4, 1
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Written on October 27, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on October 27, 2023

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