Analysis of Comprehension
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Too much time it would take,
To explain the meaning...
Of comprehension.
With a knowing,
One's tolerated patience...
Would be a wasted attempt.
Lost to lose,
Trying to convince another...
How they should use common sense.
And too much time it would take,
Explaining the significance...
Of common sense if another has none.
Yet...
Kept to prioritize,
Are schools and colleges they attended.
Degrees they were given not to earn.
With a resume they show to display,
How they sat in positions to sit.
To have been given a title,
And influence too.
As proof they had been successful,
Charading to imitate...
A competence to discover was faked!
'And...
Your point to make,
Is what?'
'Today?
There are more scholars,
With degrees and certificates.
Declaring to be intelligent.
And quick to quote,
From books they have read.
But seem lost for words,
In a World that does not exist...
On delusion to fiction,
The difference between truth...
Deception.
Or common sense to realize,
A way of life to fantasize...
Has yet proven,
To advance the quality of it!'
'Well...
At least I do have credentials.
And frame degrees,
Exhibited on my living room walls.
Proving my status to have obtained.'
'That's great.
Now...
Your mission in life,
Is to accomplish what?
Besides pretensions?
And that you have in abundance.
But who really benefits,
From your lack of common sense?'
'Your comments I find,
Not only appalling but offensive!'
'Don't worry yourself about it.
My investments made,
Have been primarily in observation.
And the dividends I have received so far?
Zero!
No threat do I present to your way of life.
I've been accused of being realist!'
'Oh.
I am so sorry.
I apologize.'
'I mean that sincerely.
I had no idea you suffered like that.
Here.
Take my business card.
I may know someone who could use you.'
'Well...
That depends on your preference.
Would you rather be a security guard?
Or a doorman?'
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (31%) |
Metre | 111111 101010 1010 1010 110010 1101001 111 10101010 1111101 0111111 01000100 1101101011 1 11010 1101001010 011010111 100111101 111001011 11110010 01001 11111010 1110 0100101011 0 1111 11 01 11110 10100100 010110100 0111 11111 11111 00111101 1010110 0100011 010 1101110 0111110 1110 101010011 1 11111010 0101 0100111011 101101101 11 1 11001 110101 01010 01110010 1110100 1111101 11011 1100101010 11001011 10101 1101000010 0010110111 10 11111011111 1101110100 1 11110 1010 111010 11101011011 1 11101 11111111 1 10111100 11101001001 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,930 |
Words | 419 |
Sentences | 58 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 14, 3, 15, 5, 8, 2, 7, 3, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 75 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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