Analysis of If You Don't Know To Know It
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If you don't know to know,
What you should know to know it.
Stop defending your ignorance.
As if the doing has been given,
Permission of others and approval to do...
To represent your lack of common sense..
As being theirs too.
With a condoning your delusions,
Publicly believed to be...
An endorsement to support,
The death of your stupidity.
'I resent your assessment!'
'And sometimes I hate,
Feeling alone and outspoken.
With others observing you,
Are reluctant to express...
Less complimentary words to flatter.
And for whatever reason...
I am more direct,
In sharing my thoughts.'
'Well...
I thank you for your explanation.
And relieved to know,
You had that much respect...
For my pretensions kept and credibility.
I attempt to keep deceptively intact.
If you know where I'm coming from?'
'OH.
And how well do I know it.
Anyhow...
No problem at all.
At least I didn't call you an idiot.
Like the others you believe to be loyal?
I could never backstab you like that.
I too have my integrity to keep.
I may 'lip-whip' you into embarrassment.
But that stuff the others do?
That behind the back crap,
Is not only appalling but sooo distasteful!
And by the way...
If you don't know what you should.
Just lie and say you don't.
Because the moment you say,
You know anything at all.
People will keep you trying to proving it,
To their deceased ancestors.
And believe me...
That ain't a joke!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111111 10101100 110101110 010110001011 101111101 11011 100101010 1000111 1010101 01110100 1011010 00111 10010110 1100101 1010101 101001110 011010 11101 01011 1 11111010 00111 111101 11010100100 10111010001 11111101 1 0111111 10 11011 11110111100 10101011110 11101111 1111010011 11111010100 1110101 101011 111001011010 0101 1111111 110111 0101011 111011 10111101101 110110 0011 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,343 |
Words | 248 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 1, 8, 7, 12, 9 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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