Analysis of One Thing In Common

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Liars who deceive and dead end roads,
Have one thing in common.
Both are limited to restricted vision.
A vision...
As if remembered,
Imprinted from a blueprint.

And neither one,
Once picked to follow to believe,
A doing of it results in a goal to reach.

Suddenly reality enters the picture.

Awakening a mind closed.
Dosing off into a craving anticipation.
Passing the hearing of the voice in one's head.
Saying...
IT TAKES TWO TO TANGO.
BUT ONLY ONE FOOL,
DANCING ALONE...
CAN MANAGE,
TO STEP ON THEIR OWN TOES!
BY Accepting what had been told to hear.
Having clearly nothing to do,
With one's destination.
Or realize being purposely distanced,
From it being accomplished.
Leaving a glimpse of a wish dimming,
Of having had not listened to someone else...
Describing their experience,
Getting to a place they had never been.
But only to imagine the scenery to sell.
Without facts or evidence yet fictioned well.
Sold and bought to be left stranded.


Scheme XAAAXX AXX X XAXBXXXXXXXAXXBXXXCCX
Poetic Form
Metre 101010111 111010 11100101010 010 11010 010101 0101 11110101 010110100111 1001010010 0100011 101010100010 10010101011 10 111110 11011 1001 110 111111 1010111111 10101011 11010 1101010010 1110010 100110110 1101110111 01010100 1010111101 1101010010011 0111100111 10111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 951
Words 196
Sentences 21
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 3, 1, 21
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 186
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Written on November 02, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on November 02, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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