Analysis of Unlike Any Others

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



So troubling are these times.
Going beyond words to find to define them.
Or attempt to explain,
The eventual effect to expect comes next.

For example.
From the many to pick,
To depict the seriousness...
Of what today craze is.
Unlike any other craze to observe.
But not admit.

Hypothetically (wink-wink).
Does one's admission to confess if being,
A hopeless idiot.
Already suspected to be a fool at best.
Upgrades the perception others already have.
From being thought an imbecile.
To moron status.
Yes. Go ahead with your comments!

'And...
We are spreaking hypothetically, right?'

Sure. Whatever. Of course.

'I would say,
Only if that admission had not been coached.
And one is made to believe,
Their self description fits perfectly.
So...
Hypothetically (wink-wink),
Which description...
Did this confessor of being ignorant select?
They thought best described,
Their mind the best?'

They chose...
Imbecile!

'Imbecile?
Interesting.
Why imbecile?'

Okay.
And please...
No intense smiling.
Or the holding onto stomachs,
Moaning.
In attempts to prevent laughter.
This is a very serious matter.
Well...
It was told to me and others witnessing.
That they thought to believe the word 'moron',
Had implications...
Of 'inviting more on' to a boat they floated.
Taking away their wish to want,
To be considered unlike others.
With that to have been,
Already long confirmed and validated.

'Who...
Could be that dumb?
Hypothetically?'

In these times and days we live,
People are fighting to be given...
This kind of recognition!


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Poetic Form
Metre 1100111 10011111011 101101 001000110111 1010 101011 10101000 110111 0110101101 1101 010011 11010101110 010100 010010110111 010010100101 11011100 1110 11011110 0 11101001 11011 111 10110101111 0111101 110101100 1 010011 1010 11111010001 11101 1101 11 100 100 100 1100 1 01 10110 10101010 10 00110110 1101010010 1 11111010100 111101011 1010 101011101110 10011111 110100110 11111 01010101000 1 1111 0100 0110111 101101110 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,528
Words 310
Sentences 49
Stanzas 11
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 8, 2, 1, 10, 2, 3, 16, 3, 3
Lines Amount 58
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 107
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Written on September 01, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 01, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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