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!
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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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