Analysis of Delayed Gratification



Ownership on what is owed isn't by possession.
The mortgagor holds a lien to title accession.

Cash as medium of exchange apparently expired.
The plastic cards are to charge for everything desired.

Goods and services purchased by adding to a debt
become a weighty burden and pathway to regret.

A dawn of awakening comes when payments are due.
It's time to pay the piper before large claims accrue.

Money doesn't grow on trees or expeditiously.
Usually it is well earned,acquired judiciously.

Delayed gratification is practically ignored.
Play for now and later pay, every instance afford.


Scheme AA XX BB CC DD EE
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 101111101010 01101110010 11100101010001 0101111110010 1010010110101 010101001101 0110100111011 1111010011101 101011110100 100011110100 010010110001 11101011001001
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 576
Words 96
Sentences 11
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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