Analysis of Manipulating
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Manipulating continues to be,
A fascinating activity.
To observe and watch,
Those picked to submit...
Themselves voluntarily.
Without a question to ask,
About the task they are expected to perform.
And...
Going through a process,
Heard to hear them dismiss...
The doing is to dupe them.
To leave them tricked.
'Tricked?
We are not being duped, hoodwinked.
Or volunteering to be tricked.
We have been told and believe,
Our hundreds of dollars...
We have paid for this experience.
Is an investment that benefits,
Us and the entire community.'
Manipulating to conform,
To a duping performed.
Has become an everyday occurrence.
Normalized to disbelieve,
A look of innocence does not deceive.
And yet...
To observe and see a way of life speeding,
Downhill.
Will ultimately return,
Benefits from the experience all receive!
And...
Your expectations?
'A return of our investment.'
From who?
The ones who pushed you over the edge.
To hear them now calling you fools?
'We were told that could happen.
As part of the experience.
To test our tolerance and endurance.
That will strengthen our resolve.
With a determination to reach back to the top.
As those we hear call us fools,
Are encouraging to hope...
This we will do.
Just to test what it is we choose to do.'
And this,
You were told is a test to accept...
The proving of what?
'To prove to our community,
And others skeptical.
Our leadership abilities they will accept.
And be made convinced of it!'
I see.
To achieve the manipulating of them too!
Some opinions to express,
Should be left to oneself.
'True.
Especially,
When people will choose to do...
Whatever who manipulates,
Their minds to do it best!'
Is that another opinion,
To express unsolicited.'
'I...uh...
Good luck.
With your efforts endeavored!'
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Metre | 010001011 01000100 10101 11101 010100 0101011 010111010101 0 10101 111101 0101111 1111 1 1111011 1010111 1111001 1010110 111110100 110101100 1000100100 0100101 10101 1011101010 101001 0111001101 01 10101011110 11 1100001 100100100101 0 1010 001110010 11 011111001 11111011 1011110 11100100 11101000100 11101001 100010111101 1111111 1010011 1111 1111111111 01 101101101 01011 111100100 010100 101001001101 0110111 11 10100100111 1010101 11111 1 010 1101111 101010 111111 11010010 1010100 1 11 1110010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,776 |
Words | 377 |
Sentences | 52 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 8, 12, 1, 3, 9, 3, 4, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 66 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on August 09, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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