Analysis of Stupid Is As Stupid Does, Huh?
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Life to live it blessed received,
To experience.
Is not a game to play.
Done for anyone to believe,
What is chosen to do as one pleases...
Can have its adverse affect,
On others to leave permanently.
Most children are taught,
Without thought to think seriously...
Of choices they choose to make,
Before they take steps...
In selfish directions made.
Regardless of who this may leave,
Feeling emotionally affected.
To care less.
As long as attention they get for themselves.
And yet left to wonder why,
As they grow to become adults...
Problems they create are not theirs to make.
But others they accuse to claim and blame,
Who are also taught to teach...
The same lessons to learn.
About being entitled and competing to be,
Better than others.
As if they are less blessed,
To be human beings!
Greed to feed,
Has fed disrespect, division and racist beliefs.
Leaving the minds of the people,
Focused on the economy.
And not on humanity.
Upon which a democracy,
Is witnessed diminishing from its pride.
And a greatness,
All races once to have claimed.
Today brought to shame by bigotry!
'It's all about the economy, stupid!'
'Yes.
I agree.
We all are quite stupid.
As if this goal has been reached.
Aren't we.
All!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 10100 110111 1110101 1110111110 1110101 110111000 11011 011111000 1101111 01111 0100101 01011111 100100010 111 11101011101 0111101 11110101 1010111111 1101011101 1110111 011011 0110010001011 10110 111111 111010 111 110101001001 10011010 10100100 0110100 01100100 1100100111 0010 1101111 011111100 11010010010 1 101 111110 1111111 101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,218 |
Words | 260 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 9, 10, 10, 1, 6 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Written on January 04, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on January 04, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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