Analysis of Stupid Stuff Said

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



If I can only take back,
The stupid stuff I had said.

'Okay.
And...'

'But then,
If I could do that to make it happen.
Would anyone notice?'

'Noticed you were or are stupid?
Or just said stupid stuff?
Either way,
Today what difference would it make?
And...
To who or whom,
Did you leave that impression made.
To take back dumb stuff to them said.'

'Do me a favor?'

'If you suspect,
I am having one of those...
Personal reasoning conversations?
And my eyes appear,
To search for an answer...
Having nothing to do with you,
Being involved.
I won't feel offended if you ignore me.'

'No problem.
And when I look at you,
Shaking my head back and forth.
Then fix my eyes on you not to blink?
Please don't assume,
I think you to be stupid.
Or say some of the most,
Dumbest stuff...
No fool would say out loud to themselves.
Whether in private.
Or claim to be,
In a personal reasoning mode.'

'Ooo...
We bite when bitter, don't we?'

'You have one valuable asset.'

'What is that?'

'You look perfectly normal.
Until you spoil that perception.
By opening your mouth.'

'Hey...
If it's there to be had,
Why not flaunt it.'

'Stupidity?
Or the 'personal reasoning' thing?

'Ssshhh.
I'm in conference!


Scheme xa bC xde fgbxChxa i xxxxijxk xjxxhfxgxxkx xk x x xdx bxx kx ex
Poetic Form Tetractys  (34%)
Etheree  (32%)
Metre 1111011 0101111 1 0 11 1111111110 11010 10101110 111101 101 011100111 0 1111 11110101 11111111 11010 1101 1110111 100100010 01101 111110 10101111 1001 11101011011 110 011111 1011101 111111111 1101 1111110 111101 101 111111101 10010 1111 001001001 1 1111011 1111001 111 1110010 01111010 110011 1 111111 1111 0100 101001001 1 10100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,140
Words 229
Sentences 39
Stanzas 14
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 3, 8, 1, 8, 12, 2, 1, 1, 3, 3, 2, 2
Lines Amount 50
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 62
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 03, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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