Analysis of Whatever Has Happened
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Few can say,
Whatever has happened to happen.
The happening of it,
Had not been noticed to develop or occur.
With all the signs,
To even awaken a bat.
Blinded by the Sun's light.
Awaiting for night.
To use...
Their clear unobstructed vision.
Whatever has happened.
To view day and night.
From a bud to witness bloom.
Is no excuse for conscious people to use,
To claim and say...
What has happened,
Under their upturned noses...
Would grow to create such havoc and chaos!
Or pretend,
To protect themselves from threats to fear...
Is a fashion statement to make.
That today everybody does.
Just to keep updated,
With the ever changing of the times!
Like their 'could care less' thoughtless minds.
Whatever has happened to have it happen,
Can not be defended or redefined.
By repeated outdated excuses to use!
Or claims to place blame,
On an abusive childhood.
That makes grown adults,
Seek revenge on innocent others.
For what their parents did or did not do.
And yet...
Many will find their actions justified.
Depending on their race.
Ethnicity and color of skin.
Where they were born and obtained status.
To judge the kind of punishment,
Given to them!
'That one?
Deserves counseling and mental therapy.
The others?
Beat them and locked them up.
Until they learn lessons,
They should have learned when children!'
That is not fair.
'Neither is a circus.
Although people,
Do their best to make comparisons.
When there is none!
You see...
One is under a tent.
And the other is an intention mean.
To get attention.
And that need will be provided!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 10110110 010011 111101010101 1101 11001001 101011 01011 11 1101010 10110 11101 1011101 11011101011 1101 1110 101110 11101110010 101 101011111 10101011 1011001 111010 101010101 11111101 1011011110 1110101001 10101001011 11111 110101 11101 101110010 1111011111 01 101111010 010111 010001011 110100110 11011100 1011 11 01100010100 010 110111 011110 1111110 1111 101010 110 111110100 1111 11 111001 0010110101 11010 01111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,550 |
Words | 330 |
Sentences | 44 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 15, 13, 2, 6, 1, 9 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on November 24, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on November 24, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on November 24, 2022
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