Analysis of Nowhere To Go

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



No one yet has been born blessed.
To experience life to them given.
With all there is to adventure and explore.
But somehow reluctant,
To be encouraged to do this anymore.

'How and why do birds fly?'

Unless they were limited to be taught.
And it to teach,
A thinking done to do independently...
Should not be the purpose and reason,
Their mind alone to use...
Is not within them,
Kept to keep this ability.

Too many grow to be persuaded,
To do what they are told.
And should wish to want to be accepted.
Approved.
Following to choose what others do.
Making a life to live more gratifying.
Without attempting to satisfy,
Their own dreams to come true.

And too many have done this.
With a doing to have their own dreams,
Deferred.
Later to create and make,
Excuses from themselves.
As if this to do others rather prefer.

So...
They live to accept limits.
Fed to feed from others,
An abundance of ignorance.
With a doing to disregard,
Or witness it to observe...
Themselves to be left mentally restricted.
As if birds with wings.
Unable to understand,
Or comprehend...
Why God blessed them to have them used.
With a blaming to claim,
There is nowhere for them to go.
Left feeling neglected and abused.

Even though...
Up and around them,
Much of their lives to live...
They witness to observe,
Flying birds.
Adventuring to explore.

'What are the purpose for MY wings?'

'Who knows.
But one thing is certain,
Made to believe and kept known.
None of us are birds.'

'No buts or ifs to wonder about it.
Like I said...
None of us are birds!
Or born to use are minds to fly!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 1010011110 11111010001 11010 1101011101 101111 0110100111 0111 0101110100 111010010 110111 11011 11110100 110111010 111111 0111111010 01 100111101 1001111100 01010110 111111 0110111 101011111 01 1010101 010101 11111101001 1 1110110 111110 10101100 1010101 1101101 01111100010 11111 010101 101 11111111 101011 1111111 110010001 101 10011 111111 110101 101 1101 11010111 11 111110 1101011 11111 1111110011 111 11111 11111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,584
Words 354
Sentences 43
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 5, 1, 7, 8, 6, 14, 6, 1, 4, 4
Lines Amount 56
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 120
Words per stanza (avg) 29
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Written on July 14, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on July 14, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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