Analysis of Hindsight
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Should anyone who confesses,
With captivating theatrics.
Scene stealing.
And heart stopping dramatics.
To admit being thoughtless,
Selfish and unappreciative of others.
Done to come to address,
Having a hindsight of regrets.
Nolonger to get a peaceful night,
Of undisturbed rest.
Should anyone like this...
Emotionally tortured be forgiven?
'Why and for what?'
'For coming forward.
Do you have any suggestions?'
'Well...
Reluctantly I do.
Since I have experienced,
Going through this...
Painful and gut wrenching dilemma.'
'Please share with us your thoughts.'
'I must say,
Forgiving others...
Although at times,
Can be a difficult process.
How about...
And I say this with sincerity.
How about...
If their lives were purposely ruined.
By rumors and lies to tell.
Destroying their credibility.
And all relationships they had,
With friends, family and business people.
To have these folks actually believe,
Them to be lowlife opportunists.
Deceivers of truth and reality.
To then claim it had all been a joke.
And they should not have taken,
What was done to them seriously.
Since...
Everybody knows mistakes are made.'
'Uh...
What you suggest,
Is hypothetical, right?
As a means to add some...levity!'
'Levity?
Oh...
Yes. Yes, right.
Levity!'
'Okay.
Including hypothetical.
And a touch of humor.
Let's say...
Those folks ridiculed, punished.
Victimized and mentally abused.
What thoughts should they have,
When asked by another...
For their forgiveness?'
'Hmmm...good question.
I had not thought about that seriously.
However...
And, hypothetically speaking, of course,
How long does it take...
Before a cringing hindsight to develope it,
Comes to celebrate the ruining...
Of someone's life.
Meant and intended to do?'
'You can not be serious?'
'I'm doing the best I can.
Since...
It still has taken me years to recover,
From my own 'hypothetical' anguish!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 110010 110 0110010 1011010 1001110 11111 1001101 1110101 1011 11011 0100101010 1011 11010 11110010 1 010011 1110100 1011 100110010 111111 111 01010 111 1101001 101 011110100 101 111010010 1100111 01010100 0101011 1110001010 111110001 1111010 111010 111111101 0111110 111111000 1 10010111 1 1101 101001 101111 100 1 111 100 1 0100100 001110 11 111010 100010001 11111 111010 11010 110 11110111000 10 001001011 11111 010101111 11100100 111 1001011 1111100 1100111 1 11110111010 111010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,785 |
Words | 301 |
Sentences | 60 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 1, 2, 5, 1, 20, 4, 4, 9, 9, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 72 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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