Analysis of Mental Instabilities

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Can truth to deny and fiction its existence,
Be also the cause and reason...
Mental instabilities,
Are now accepted as a normalcy achieved.
And regarded to be an accomplishment.
Done with it given encouragement.
To follow behind and find it stimulates,
A replacing sense to make.
When sense attempted to make these days,
Is the last thing on anyone's mind.
Wishing not to be associated,
With a being suspected to be...
Independently crazed!

'Hey...
Good to see you.
Where have you been?
I haven't seen you in a long time.
So...
What have you been up to these days?'

'Doing the best I can,
To stay away from conversations...
That make meaningful sense.
Others may overhear.
Especially in public.
Then accuse me of disturbing the peace.
And being a threat to a thoughtless humanity.'

'Times have dramatically changed.
These days...
People are using cellphones,
Just to talk to someone...
Standing right next to them.
But fear making eye contact.
To eliminate suspicions of having...
Inappropriate and infectious lustful desires.'

'How sick can this sickness get?'

'So sick it has become the rage.'


Scheme ABXXCCXXDXXEX XXXXXD XXXXXXE XDABXXXX X X
Poetic Form
Metre 111010101010 11001010 100100 110101010001 00101110100 111100100 1100101110 0010111 110101111 10111101 101110100 101001011 01001 1 1111 1111 110110011 1 11111111 100111 11011010 111001 101101 010010 1011101001 0100110100100 1101001 11 101101 11111 101111 111011 1010010110 0100001010010 1111101 11110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,100
Words 223
Sentences 30
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 13, 6, 7, 8, 1, 1
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 142
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Written on April 25, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on April 25, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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