Analysis of A Ticking Clock To Stop
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Only the ones,
Trying to stop...
The ticking took,
Of a clock moving forward.
Are the ones doing all they can,
To have it believed...
That ethnic diversity,
Had nothing to do with a great democracy.
Behind the scenes unseen to mention.
Or...
Not given their due respect.
For creating inventions left to disrespect.
Even the one who designed,
The streets of Washington, D.C.
A black architect.
Others now deceive belongs to them,
Exclusively.
And not to include the traffic lights.
Invented by another Blackman.
But that to know,
With it known to be right.
Is kept concealed out of sight.
Or Benjamin Carter,
Who took peanuts to create...
Just about everything else,
Those who discriminate did not make.
And this list goes on and on to ignore.
For the purpose to eliminate,
The contributions made,
To a country inwhich entitlements are given...
With a freedom of speech many believe,
Is theirs to interpret and deceive the truth.
A truth many hope to want and wish...
Those of ethnic and diverse heritage!
And this to fiction and delude day and night.
Will not prevent the moving forward,
Of a clock that tick tocks.
Heard to hear or not to watch.
Or...
Attempt to stop a progress done to come.
With a doing to deceive,
The eyes of those opened wide to see reality!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001 1011 0101 1011010 10110111 11101 1100100 110111010100 010101110 1 1101101 10100101101 1001101 0111001 0110 101010111 0100 011010101 010101010 1111 111111 1101111 110010 1110101 101101 11010111 0111101101 10101010 00101 101010100110 1010111001 11101000101 011011101 1110001100 01110001101 110101010 101111 1111111 1 011101111 1010101 01111011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,266 |
Words | 267 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 22, 12, 8 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 328 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Written on November 13, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on November 13, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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