Analysis of Admission Of One's Mission
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Admission.
To having,
An attraction to ambition.
And inspired by just a spark,
Of incentive that starts...
One on a path to explore and adventure.
Takes determination to ignite the flame.
With unrelenting motivation.
Earned from a learning,
That what is sought to achieve...
Is not served to anyone undeserving.
Since those sitting back,
Awaiting to hear for that special delivery...
To knock at their door,
Maybe left waiting.
As time and age,
No one can afford to ignore.
An admission to having ambition,
That overwhelming attracts.
Comes to many at an early age.
Yet never is it too late to acknowledge,
A destination to endeavor...
With effort of it made,
Is within one's sight.
And much better to keep that way.
Than a hindsight kept to reminisce.
To repeatedly hear from one who sits,
Talking about the 'what ifs'.
With an attempt to sell embellished B.S.
'You know...
When I was a child,
Much younger than the kids today.
All I had were obstacles to face.
Not the opportunities,
You young folks have these days.'
'May I offer you a tip?!'
'A tip? Sure. Go right ahead.'
'Those chips you are eating?
From my point of view,
Have lost their crunch.
And I can only imagine,
The taste is stale.'
'Stale?
I like them just the way they are!
I don't understand,
What do I do,
Have anything to do with you?'
'Today?
Not a thing.'
'You kids,
Have a lot to learn from us older folks.'
'Trust me,
Every time I am around you...
There is a lesson I am learning.'
'Great.
I am glad you said that.
Now...
As I was saying,
Back in the '50s'....'
'That was before I was born.'
'And I don't know that?
Sit.
Listen and you might learn something.'
'I'm on the edge of my seat.'
'OH?
I thought you were preparing to leave?'
'And miss the next stage coach?
Are you kidding?'
'I said the '50s'.
Before computers, 'selfies' and sex,
To freely download messed up your mind.'
'You got me there, 'pops'.
Hold on a sec.
Somebody's sending me a text!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010 110 10101010 00101101 101011 11011010010 1001010101 1010010 11010 1111101 111110010 11101 0101111100100 11111 10110 1101 11101101 1010110010 101001 111011101 11011111010 00101010 110111 10111 01101111 1011101 1010011111 1001011 1101110101 11 11101 11010101 111010011 100100 111111 1110101 0111101 111110 11111 1111 01110010 0111 1 11110111 1101 1111 1101111 01 101 11 1011111101 11 100111011 110101110 1 111111 1 11110 1001 1101111 01111 1 10011110 1101111 1 111001011 010111 1110 1101 01010101 11011111 11111 1101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,854 |
Words | 367 |
Sentences | 57 |
Stanzas | 18 |
Stanza Lengths | 17, 12, 6, 1, 1, 5, 5, 2, 2, 3, 5, 1, 3, 1, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 74 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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