Analysis of The Many Faces Of Hypocrisy
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If a doing is justified.
And publicly amplified.
Victimized to defend their misdeeds,
Are the culprits.
However...
If one is determined to sit.
Taking thrown nonsense.
And tolerating this with patience?
The strength of that person,
Is regarded as a weakness.
Leaving no one,
To come to their defense.
But blamed they are to claim them cowards.
By the very ones,
Charading to masquerade...
The many faces of hypocrisy to display,
Pretensions faked to imitate appropriateness.
Depending upon which way the wind blows.
And who it is that approves,
Every move they make to refuse or accept...
Whichever side satisfies a popularity given.
| Scheme | AAXX XXBXCDCB XXXXDXXXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010110 010010 100101101 1010 10 11101011 10110 01001110 011110 10101010 1011 111101 111111110 10101 1101 0101010100101 010111001000 0100111011 0111101 100111101101 0101100010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 635 |
| Words | 125 |
| Sentences | 15 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8, 9 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 168 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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