Analysis of Once There
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I once had been there.
Caring.
With a wish with others,
To express my wanting...
Done to do that and share.
Then time to give it,
Became less of it given to do.
Priorities came.
And my caring to do began to change.
As others began to do the same.
I'm sure not meant,
Intentionally to prove...
What one sits to miss.
Others do too.
But no one these days,
Seem to have that kind of time...
For finding to care,
On their minds with it there to share.
Without it being felt to feel,
Who has it to want and wish...
To sit and listen to the repeating of B.S.
That everyone everywhere,
These days now knows.
A caring to share it,
Won't change a thing.
To best hope less,
Of it is heard to hear about it!
'Hi.
I had to call to say I care.
And that is why I have stayed away.
Caring.
To prove to you how much I do!'
Scheme | aBcbade fxf xxxe xxaa xxcaxdbxd xaxBe |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 10 101110 101110 111101 11111 011111011 01001 0110110111 110011101 1111 0100011 11111 1011 11111 1111111 11011 11111111 01110111 1111101 110101001011 11010 1111 010111 1101 1111 111111011 1 11111111 011111101 10 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 811 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 3, 4, 4, 9, 5 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on July 20, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on July 20, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on July 20, 2022
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