Analysis of Name That Favor
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Name that favor,
You say to others...
You have done for me personally.
If I have written plays,
To have characters in them portrayed by you.
And those we both knew,
Had no experience or a clue...
What it takes to perform on stage.
To make look easy to do.
Then want to get paid.
Yet refuse to promote,
Their own talents and skills.
Done to argue over why lines to learn,
From a script to say exactly as written.
The day before the play is scheduled to open!
And I am the one accused,
For having too high expectations.
When my time is being wasted.
With a listening to hear you say,
I should appreciate the favor...
You and others are doing for me.
At my expense to pay someone else,
Who tells me...
'Selling tickets to attract an audience,
To their own performances is beneath them?!'
Let this be said to you to hear it heard clearly,
Call me whatever it is...
You seek to have people to believe.
However...
I know of no one,
Who volunteers to open the door...
And pay,
For someone else's possible success.
Then to have that ungrateful,
Disrespecting person say...
A favor they are doing is not appreciated!
Although...
We are living in those times, aren't we?
Then to wonder why children grow up,
Villains who dupe deceive cheat and lie!
And become our elected chosen leaders.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110 11110 111111000 111101 11100010111 01111 110100101 11110111 1111011 11111 101101 111001 1110101111 10111010110 010101110110 0110101 11011010 11111010 101001111 11010010 101011011 11011111 111 10101011100 11101001011 111111111110 111011 111110101 10 11111 10111001 01 111010001 1111010 010101 0101110110100 1 1110011101 111011011 101101101 001100101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,280 |
Words | 278 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 12, 10, 16 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 245 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Written on December 31, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on December 31, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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