Analysis of Simplify
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I doubt if there is anything more to wish,
Than to simplify one's life to life.
With a peace of mind to await it.
If not yet it has come to experience.
The more one ages to escape the chase,
Of that pointless rat race to realize...
Life to live as basically as possible.
Affording the necessities.
With a periodic satisfying,
A taste to crave to have it paid.
And not a concern to have to impress,
Pretensions addressed to make.
Is life to have it feeling blessed.
Vowing in sickness and in health,
Deserving to serve...
One's own happiness to have it,
Their way.
Regardless who believes this to be,
An expression of selfishness.
And...
If this is admitted,
To be what it appears?
The one not doubting this assessment,
Is the one who seems encouraging...
The observation of it to know deserved.
Simple. Basic. And, enjoyed to have done,
Well earned!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110111 11101111 101111011 11111110100 0111010101 111011110 11111001100 01000100 10010100 01111111 0100111101 0100111 11111101 10010001 01011 11100111 11 010101111 10101100 0 111010 111101 011101010 101110100 0010111101 1010001111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 823 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 6, 8 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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