Analysis of To Think, Say And Do
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
No one is exempt,
From choosing what is to think, say and do.
It is an entitlement we are given.
Living with freedoms to do as we please.
Often impulsively.
Without listening to understand.
Or comprehend an intention meant.
That may or may not,
If misunderstood...
Leave someone left unassuming,
They had been solicited to pick...
To initiate a damage done.
In many cases no one is capable to explain,
Who to them said what.
Or the when and where they heard to hear,
Whatever they began to spread.
To tell told to others to believe.
And in their defense,
It is always someone else they accuse.
They can not describe.
Or has a certain identity.
'I'm telling you the truth and all I know.'
'From who,
Did this truth of yours come?'
'I...uh...I...
I know this may sound crazy.
But I never met the person before.
And I didn't think to get a name.'
'And yet you felt obligated to spread a lie.
Now to deny it!
How juicy was this deliciousness?'
'I resent your implication.
I am not one of those,
Average habitual liars.
I just did not think,
Before I opened my mouth to say anything.
We all have done it.'
'What other lies have you told?
To then make excuses for the doing of it.'
'I'm not a liar.'
'Oh...
So who is?
The ones you claim not to know?
Although credible enough,
To whisper sweet nothings...
Into your welcoming inviting ears.
Then with an unassuming childishness,
Off you go to victimize...
Those you do know.
With names to give and where they live.
What they do and where they work.
And their suspected sexual preferences.
To assume because their lives to live,
Is privately away from your nose and ears.
Yet every move on a daily basis they make,
You have dates and times,
With notes you take!
'Well...
I just want to make sure,
My neighbors know...
I want them to feel both safe and secure!'
'Hmmm...I see.
You're one of those nosey busy bodies?
Who can't seem to mind your own business!'
'That...
I admit,
May possibly be true.
But...
A liar I am not!'
'Okay.
Would you prefer to be called,
A professional stalker?
Or a skilled reliable snooper?'
'Well...
Which one has a more acceptable,
Credibility?
But to insist I am a liar?
That I am not.
You can not accuse me,
For my ability to keep others informed.
A liar lies for the enjoyment of it.
I take what I do seriously!'
'Where do people like you come from?'
'I am often asked that same question.
I've been chosen to be blessed, I guess.
Who knows?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11101 1101111101 11101001110 1011011111 100100 01100101 10110101 11111 1001 111010 111010011 10100101 01010111100101 11111 101011111 1010111 111110101 00101 11111101 11101 110100100 1101010111 11 111111 1 1111110 1110101001 011011101 01111001101 11011 110111 1011010 111111 100010010 11111 01110111110 11111 1101111 111010101011 11010 1 111 0111111 110001 110110 0111000101 1110101 1111100 1111 11110111 1110111 010101001000 101011111 11000111101 1100110101011 11101 1111 1 111111 1101 1111111001 11 111111010 111111110 1 101 110011 1 010111 1 1101111 0010010 10101001 1 111010100 0100 110111010 1111 111011 110100111001 01011001011 111111000 11101111 111011110 111011111 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,429 |
Words | 551 |
Sentences | 71 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 9, 1, 2, 4, 3, 6, 2, 1, 17, 4, 3, 5, 4, 9, 1, 3 |
Lines Amount | 86 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 107 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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