Analysis of When Attention Given Is Gone



It doesn't matter how fools are made.
It doesn't matter who has been betrayed.
It doesn't matter at all these days,
Who is wise with wisdom...
Or incompetent.

It doesn't matter what is heard to say.
It doesn't matter values have decayed.
It doesn't matter how this is displayed.
As one as those have done to it,
Have their way.

People follow what they've been told.
To not think.
They are heading down the wrong road.
To not think.
What's ahead will trap them in a deep hole.
Too deep and too late,
For them to seek escape.

It doesn't matter how or when fools are made.
It doesn't what excuses they make.
It doesn't matter who is blame to accuse.
When warned to listen.
But to this they refuse.

It's too late!
To wish for time to turn it back.
It's too late!
To use their minds,
When they've could have done that.
It's too late!
For them to want to pay attention.
When that attention given to them has gone!
When attention given,
Has gone.


Scheme aaxxx baaxb xCxCxdx axefe DxDxxDfgfg
Poetic Form
Metre 110101111 1101011101 110101111 111110 10100 1101011111 1101010101 1101011101 11111111 111 10101111 111 11101011 111 1011110011 11011 111101 11010111111 110101011 11010111101 11110 111101 111 11111111 111 1111 111111 111 111111010 11010101111 101010 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 943
Words 212
Sentences 27
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 7, 5, 10
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 143
Words per stanza (avg) 35
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Written on September 07, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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