Analysis of Updated Diagnosis

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Many have begun to seek,
Second and third opinions.
For a recent diagnosis.
They believe to be incomplete.
Or...
Have been deceived purposely.

You see...
They have been declared,
Mentally immune from ignorance.
And their use of common sense,
Has not been diseased.
Incredible as this is to accept.

Although they must disguise,
Having intelligence.
Done to think independently.
Regardless of the inconvenience.

Since,
They are reminded repeatedly...
We are living in such times,
To avoid doing this publicly.
And...
May cause them to be arrested.
For spreading a threat.
That a vaccine, as of yet...
Can not prevent from infecting,
An entire population...
From protecting themselves.

Or creating a commotion,
If discovered they are the ones...
Attempting to make sense.
Without fear to do this done.
In the midst of so many,
Who may scream away fearing what it is!


Scheme XAXXXB BXCDXX XCBC XBXBXXEEXFX FADFBX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010111 1001010 1010010 10111001 1 1101100 11 11101 100011100 0111101 11101 0100111101 11101 100100 1110100 01010010 1 110100100 1110011 101101100 0 11111010 11001 101111 11011010 1010010 101001 10100010 10101101 010111 0111111 0011110 1110110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 831
Words 141
Sentences 24
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 4, 11, 6
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 135
Words per stanza (avg) 28
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 29, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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