Analysis of American Way Of Life

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Does it really matter,
Who cheats, lies and deceives?
Do we not feel it's our obligation,
To defend our way of privileged lives.
Pledging an allegiance,
To a living to receive entitlements.
As if a birthright.
Kept for the rest of our self-centered lives.

And...
Done to perceive it to believe,
We are owed a doing as we please.
To then have the nerve to criticize,
Who has the audacity to do...
Whatever they chose.
Daring this without receiving,
Neither our acceptance nor approval!


Scheme XAXAAAXA XXAAXAXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111010 11101 1111110010 1011011101 101010 10101010100 1101 11011101101 0 11011101 111010111 11101110 110010011 1011 10101010 10100101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 487
Words 102
Sentences 11
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 189
Words per stanza (avg) 42
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Submitted by lpahtillah on December 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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