Analysis of Closer To Doorsteps
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
When that which had been,
Old to be told stories sold to embellish.
Known even then to hear again,
With a fresh updating given to get...
In high definition on a wide screen TV.
Makes a difference.
To their renewed acceptance.
Regardless if the fiction,
Has been cemented...
In minds defending a delusion kept protected.
And...
With a doing to validate,
A version of truth faked to create.
But...
If what has never been experienced,
To know...
What for them is now vividly animated.
Marketed to sell beer, snacks,
Sex satisfiers.
And medications that quickly numb,
The effects of truth and its stunning reality.
Approaching closer to one's doorsteps.
How more frightening can this get?
And Who?
Of the they and them,
Will dispute the facts...
Of smiling ACTORS paid to testify...
To buy what is sold to sell on high def TV.
Before the supplies of told lies,
Are gone and no longer made available?
And Who?
Of the they and them,
Could sit through self inflicted torment.
That could be a threat of losing,
One's ability to be envied...
In one's neighborhood to be the first,
To be tricked yet loving to be duped!
Not too many these days.
Have experienced the benefits of truth.
Or realize their own foolish nonsense,
Has become a normalized way...
To live their lives.
Seeking conflicts.
Division and mental insecurities.
Kept to protect and their ignorance to defend!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (22%) |
Metre | 11111 11111011010 11011101 1010101011 01010101111 10100 1101010 0101010 11010 0101000101010 0 10101100 010111101 1 1111010100 11 11111100100 1001111 11 00101101 00111011010 01010111 11100111 01 10101 10101 110101110 111111111111 01001111 11011010100 01 10101 11110101 11101110 101001110 01101101 111110111 111011 10100010011 110111010 1010101 1111 1001 0100100100 110101100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,372 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 3, 3, 10, 7, 7, 8 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Written on August 22, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on August 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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