Analysis of Easier Obtained Maintained Fame
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Once a ball given to a child to bounce,
Up and down then to chase...
Wherever it goes.
Today?
This has become a wish to dream,
With repeated demands to hear...
For a stadium built.
And it promised would be done.
At that child's specific requirements.
To enable them to imitate,
The ones they worship to idolize.
Seen playing with their balls on TV.
Movies, videos or wherever their idols be.
Getting paid millions of dollars to do it,
Just to toss them around.
Whether on or off their fields of play.
Getting paid even more to advertise,
Holding their balls to display in various ways.
'What are you doing on that website?
I hear you groaning and moaning.
Watching how balls are tossed day and night.
You told me you'd be in your room,
Doing home work.
'I am.
Didn't you tell me,
If I kept working at it long enough...
It would be hard to refuse my talents.
And what I have accomplished to do?'
'Yes.
Practice does make perfect.
But more on the field of play.
Will your talents be enjoyed to accept,
That way.
And not alone to play with yourself!
Just to enjoy the doing of it.'
'I understand.
I'm doing it to enjoy it alone.
As much as I can.
Until I am told and made convinced,
By someone who tells me...
What I have done to achieve,
Pleases them as well.'
'You will.
One day you will.
Until many now disbelieving,
Will pay you for the pleasure of it done!'
'That's my wish.
But I hope I don't regret overdoing it!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011010111 101111 01011 01 11010111 10100111 101001 0110111 111010010 10101110 01110110 110111111 1010010101101 10110110111 111101 101111111 101101110 101110101001 11110111 11110010 101111101 11111011 1011 11 10111 1111011101 1111101110 011101011 1 101101 1110111 1110101101 11 010111101 110101011 101 1101101101 11111 011110101 11111 1111101 10111 11 1111 011010010 1111010111 111 111110110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,423 |
Words | 322 |
Sentences | 38 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 5, 5, 7, 7, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on August 18, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 18, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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