Analysis of Inherited Ignorance

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Breaking away,
From what is accepted.
Yet not known on one's own,
To personally experience...
An awakening to realize,
A zone limited to condone...
Becomes an inherited ignorance.
Shown and defended.
Although kept restricted,
Is a broadened view of reality.
A reality purposely meant to avoid.
And...
Truth to continue to avoid it meant,
With a feeding to deceive...
Innocent minds to victimize easily.
Achieves nothing for the ones,
Who depend upon ignorance.
An ignorance to have inherited.
With a seeking of wisdom to receive,
From the elders that are respected.
More for aging than acquiring,
Mental achievements that required...
Taking risks and chances.
With a hope this enhances,
A better quality of life...
For the younger generations.
Growing to accept and know,
Learning to adventure and explore...
Life beyond a mind restricted to limits,
Will always give one the ability...
Not to fear or feel threatened,
By curiosity.
Or wanting to know more about life.
Than many pretentious claim to do!

'Where are you going, now?'

'I was told something,
To accept and believe.
But that's not good enough for me.
Ain't nobody gonna lie to me,
Making me appear the fool!'

'I see.
So...
You want it known,
Your gossip to spread is reliable.
And not that 'hand-me-down',
Rumored around...
The neighborhood kind of stuff!'

'Exactly.
My stuff is fresh.
None of that inherited nonsense.
Leaving nobody to know,
Who made it up.
When, where or why!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1001 111010 111111 110000100 10100110 01100101 0110100100 10010 11010 10101110 0101001101 0 1101010111 1010101 10011100100 0110101 10101100 1100110100 1010110101 101011010 11101010 100101010 101010 1011010 01010011 1010010 1010101 101010001 10101010110 111100100 1111110 10100 110111011 110010111 111101 11110 101001 11110111 1110111 1010101 11 1 1111 1101110100 011111 1001 010111 010 1111 111010010 10111 1111 1111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,388
Words 242
Sentences 36
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 34, 1, 5, 7, 6
Lines Amount 53
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 222
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted by lpahtillah on May 24, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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