Analysis of Not Easy Is This Mistress Kept Pleased
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What it is someone does,
That for many years appears to be easy.
Becomes less difficult to do.
With more time to allow,
Someone like this to confess and admit...
What it is they do done,
Anyone else can do.
If sacrificing to commit,
Being faithful for the rest of their entire life...
To a mistress that demands attention given,
Focused mentally upon them 24/7.
In sickness, health and any attempt made,
Done to abandon all belief...
Freedom to have it,
Is theirs to keep with peace of mind to claim!
When one does something,
That appears to others easy to accomplish.
On a daily basis.
Morning, noon and many sleepless nights.
Seldom is what they do to get it done,
Is replicated to duplicate...
The addiction to first feed the need,
Of a mistress demanding to be satisfied.
Or else regret trying to ignore,
What is being demanded.
To believe there will be rest to get!
'No. No...
You misunderstand me.
I am more interested in what you do.
Not who you do when, where and how.'
I understood.
What I do 24/7 is my mistress.
And many years ago I stopped denying,
It was more to my benefit to give in.
Instead of pretending,
Writing is not as pleasurable as it is!
Yeah. Writing.
What did you think I was talking about?
Marriage, divorce and the happiness to have,
That kind of freedom?
No.
Are you kidding?
I didn't realize my mistress and I,
Were meant to be inseparable.
One morning...early.
I awakened and there my mistress was.
Pen and pad.
Awaiting for touch.
'I'm going to respect that.
However...
Only until I get home and laugh.
You say some crazy stuff!'
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Metre | 11111 11101011110 01110011 111101 111101001 111111 10111 1100101 1010101110101 101010101010 10100011 0101010011 11010101 10111 1111111111 11110 101110101010 101010 101010101 1011111111 11001100 001011101 10100101110 110110101 1110010 101111111 11 10011 1111000111 11111101 101 1111110 01010111010 11111100110 011010 101111000111 110 1111111001 10010010011 11110 1 1110 1101011001 011101000 11 1010011101 101 01011 1101011 10 100111101 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,578 |
Words | 345 |
Sentences | 42 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 11, 4, 6, 12, 4 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 200 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Written on October 24, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on October 24, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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