Analysis of The How And Why People

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



If an action made to happen.
With it to witness and see.
Often it will be,
The how and why people...
Who are the last to accept,
Of having been told with messages sent.
To hear it heard from them to say,
It what had happened was that important...
Someone should have brought that,
Immediately to their attention.

'All I remember was someone knocking,
On my door.
Who only had three forms of identification.
With photos that could have been,
Better taken.
Then I was told I had to sign,
For the priority delivered message.
I signed.
The messenger left.
However...
No explanation did I get,
Concerning the meaning and content.
Nor was I made to understand,
Or comprehend the significance of it.
What is it expected from me?
I'm not  psychic.
Do I look like a psychic to you?'

'So...
When did you,
Eventually read the message?'

'And do what?
Be responsible,
For someone else's negligence?
Who...
Is the victim here?


Scheme ABBCXDXXXA XXAXAXEXXXXDXXBXF XFE XCXFX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (31%)
Metre 11101110 1111001 10111 010110 1101101 1101111001 11111111 1111011010 11111 0100011010 110101110 111 110111100010 111111 1010 11111111 10010001010 11 01001 10 1010111 010010010 1111101 1010010011 11101011 1110 111101011 1 111 010001010 011 10100 1110100 1 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 878
Words 164
Sentences 24
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 10, 17, 3, 5
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 175
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 26, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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