Analysis of Fantastic Times
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Fantastic,
Are these twisting to bend...
Mind changing times.
Leaving no one left behind to claim,
To blame what is happening to them...
Has been the fault of others.
Hiding away a secret serum.
Giving them the appearance,
That protects a sanity.
Completely convincing.
Fantastic it is,
To be among the few accused of this.
Especially when we are observed together,
Loudly arguing in public.
Over who or who did not,
Order a hamburger.
With tomato, mayo and lettuce.
To deny that to shout back,
What it was they ate to have eatened...
Was a hamburger, without mayo.
A side of fries with no lettuce.
Isn't it great to know, see and witness,
A return back to our normal ways.
And realize the reality,
Of these days to ourselves not to admit...
The craze of them had been really missed!
'No you didn't!'
'I DID TOO!'
'I can solve this right now.
Excuse me, folks.
Weren't you in that restaurant,
We all just left?'
'Yes.
Yes we were.
But...
You'll have to excuse us.
You see...
We are still going through therapy.
And not yet,
To have completed our sessions.
And hopefully soon,
We will be back to a normalcy!
You have no idea how we envy you.'
'No problem at all.
All of that peace of mind to have stuff,
Had been keeping us from who we are!
And now?
So fantastic it is,
To feel and have our normalcy back!
Just stay patient.
We did!'
'And the evidence and proof of it?
Who can doubt,
This has been accomplished to achieve!'
'Thank you. Thank you so much.
Now...
Where were we?
FOOL. I DID NOT ORDER MAYO!'
'WHO...ARE YOU CALLING A FOOL? FOOL!
YOU DID!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) Etheree (27%) |
Metre | 010 111011 1101 101110111 111110011 1101110 100101010 1010010 1010100 010010 01011 1101010111 01011101010 10100010 1011111 100100 10110010 1011111 11111111 101000110 01111110 1011111010 0011110101 010010 11110011101 011111101 1110 111 111111 0111 1010110 1111 1 110 1 111011 11 111101100 011 110101010 01001 111110100 11101011101 11011 111111111 111011111 01 101011 1101101001 1110 11 001000111 111 111010101 111111 1 101 11111010 1110011 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,503 |
Words | 297 |
Sentences | 49 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 11, 5, 1, 1, 4, 11, 8, 3, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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