Analysis of Procrastination
Carlton Whyte 1981 (Jamaica)
Still shores of uncertain waters
Pondering on the sand
waiting for a better tomorrow
Dried up by the Sun.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101010 100101 10101001 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 109 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
This poem is a reminder that while procrastination may feel harmless and restful, to say the least. Time is its enemy and nothing will change but not changing can eventually kill!
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Written on February 07, 1981
Submitted by carlton.whyte on February 27, 2022
Modified on April 14, 2023
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