Analysis of In Places Of Diverse Ethnic Faces
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
In places where diverse ethnic faces appear,
It seems that to prioritize...
Is more than the quality of life,
To appreciate humanity for all to realize.
Too many are made to defend,
The truth and reality of their differences.
As if this to do,
Declares their racial appearances...
To have more significance than others.
Although in places,
In which materialism, capitalism...
And the worshipping of a healthy economy,
Stays to remain on the top of the list.
Existing to thrive the way it does like this.
The color of money is the only thing,
That maintains as the main entity.
Given the respect as it does to earn.
And...
The ones who get more of that,
Are not the ones...
With less to be believe,
They should be treated...
Equally as human beings!
Whether to protest this is earned or not.
Or an entitlement given to think deserved.
Determined by those,
Who have achieved positions to feed...
On their perception to deceive,
A fiscal conservatism is best to leave the rest...
Kept reminded,
As to who are 'The Haves'.
And 'The Have Nots'.
With hopes, dreams and wishes.
To keep deferred.
While chasing to grab ever to dangle carrots!
In a marketplace that sell to be sold,
Pretensions to imitate...
And preserve the value to charade!
'We were told the fruit here is low hanging.'
'Look again.
Those are carrots.
Dangling kept to keep high enough,
Your vision has no chance to clear!'
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Metre | 010101101001 1111010 111010011 1010010011110 11011101 01010111000 11111 011100100 1110100110 1010 01010001000 0010010100100 1101101101 01011011111 01011010101 101101100 1000111111 0 0111111 1101 111101 11110 10011010 101111111 110100101101 01011 110101011 11010101 0100100111101 1010 111101 0011 111010 1101 110111011010 001011111 010110 001010101 1010111110 101 1110 100111101 11011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,391 |
Words | 293 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 8, 6, 2, 13, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Written on January 09, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on January 09, 2023
Modified on March 05, 2023
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