Analysis of The Know Nots
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Opened more than closed.
Are the mouths of the know nots.
Although great hosts.
For those loving,
Light and meaningless...
Empty intimate chats.
As hosts of these affairs,
Offer nothing but to enjoy...
Friendly gossip going nowhere at all.
The know nots hopscotch over,
A dishing up dirt to pour their tea.
Especially in the company,
Of couples gathering...
To do their weekend,
Secret couple swinging thing.
The know nots care not,
To discuss or introduce...
Who is better at what to do to please.
Or involve themselves,
In conflicts of race, division...
And what a normalcy meant,
Before those crazed erased that away.
The know nots together,
Know less to know for them it is best.
For them to leave,
Those who believe they know so much...
Left to explain,
If they are so wise and intelligent...
Why are they the ones always heard,
Accusing those who know nothing...
For creating a mess,
Those so smart and wise with wisdom...
Seem incapable to use their minds to fix!
This can not be blamed on the know nots.
And the know nots know this!
The know nots know not,
To pretend a knowing...
Of a doing to excuse a nothing done!
The know nots are about their business.
To know what it is they do.
Without denial or excuses heard to make.
The know nots?
Knoweth what they doeth,
Done!
Loving to enjoy,
Being distant and away...
From the ones who are wise,
And intelligent mess makers!
The know nots prefer not this life to live.
Screwing up what they can't fix,
To know it proven others do that better!
Scheme | XAXBCXXDX EFFBXB GXXXHXI EXXXXXXBXXJ AX GBHCXX AXHDIXX XJE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1011011 111 1110 10100 101001 111101 10101101 101010111 011110 010111111 01000100 110100 1111 1010101 01111 101101 1110111111 10101 00111010 0101001 011101101 011010 111111111 1111 11011111 1101 1111100100 1110111 01011110 101001 11101110 10100111111 111111011 001111 01111 101010 10101010101 011101110 1111111 010101010111 011 1111 1 10101 1010001 101111 00100110 0110111111 1011111 11110101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,510 |
Words | 331 |
Sentences | 34 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 6, 7, 11, 2, 6, 7, 3 |
Lines Amount | 51 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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