Analysis of Before It's To Late

L.A. White 1965 (Idaho)



If you have a tender message,
Or a loving word to say,
Do not wait till you forget it,
But whisper it today;
The tender word unspoken,
The letter left unsent,
The long-forgotten message
The wealth of love unspent,
For these, some hearts are breaking,
For these, some loved ones wait,
So show them that you care for them,
Before it is too late;
Always remember not to forget,
The troubles that passed away;
Never forget to remember
The blessing that comes each day.


Scheme ABCBDCAEFGHGIBJB
Poetic Form
Metre 11101010 1010111 11111011 110101 0101010 01011 0101010 011101 1111110 111111 11111111 011111 10101101 0101101 10011010 0101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 451
Words 84
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 364
Words per stanza (avg) 84

About this poem

The poem was written in 2004. Nothing really special about the poem. The poem just came to me and I wrote the words down.

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Submitted by LAWhite56 on August 31, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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