Analysis of Painless Crush
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
How is it possible,
That anyone these days...
Known to be,
Not only a deceiver who purposely dupes.
Frauds openly with delight and glee.
Declared an idiot, a moron.
Detached from reality.
And yet remain,
As someone followed to allow...
A thief who hoodwinks,
Adoring crowds into a cheering frenzy.
And...
Who would throw his own family,
Business associates, friends...
As well as other who openly declare,
Their faithful and undying loyalty.
This...
Whatever it is he may be called,
Would throw them all under a bus.
To witness them crushed.
Then deny the doing of it himself.
Just to stay,
In the position of being the driver.
'That's insane!
Beyond a madness.
Speeding light years away from craze.
Although....
I do have this one question to ask?'
'Be my guest.'
'If money was involved.
And money rules over reality.
We all know that.
Right?
And the driver of the bus,
Practiced mesmerizing hypnotism.
Or put crack in snacks he offered.
While the people were made incapable,
To stop becoming influenced...
From the image of feasting,
At a table wearing silk robes.
As if disciples sitting with Jesus.
Listening to hear,
It would not be their Last Supper!
As I suspect they were told going under.
This is what I wonder...
How much were his devoted advisors,
Actually paid?
To wipe away all reality to believe,
That a being crushed under a bus...
Would leave them painless?'
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (36%) Etheree (24%) |
Metre | 111100 11011 111 1100111001 110010101 01110001 01110 0101 1110101 0111 01010101010 0 11111100 1001001 11110110001 1100010100 1 10111111 11111001 11011 1010101101 111 00010110010 101 01010 10110111 1 111111011 111 110101 01011010 1111 1 0010101 10100100 11101110 1010010100 11010100 1010110 10101011 1101010110 10011 11111110 11011011010 111110 1101010010 1001 1101110101 101011001 11110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,377 |
Words | 290 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 5, 1, 21 |
Lines Amount | 50 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Written on June 15, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on June 15, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on June 15, 2022
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