Analysis of Threatened By Truth

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Threatened by truth and peace to keep it.
Has many on the the run stunned,
An ending lived to fiction...
Will result to create havoc and chaos,
Done to come uninvited.
With a permanently disturbing,
Mentalities sickened.
Approved and accepted,
To undermine the competent leadership...
Of those who are the ones,
Revealed and exposed to be...
Abundantly diversified.
Although shunned by their ethnicity.
As if a needing to do this,
Gives more value to an image to depict...
Superior.
All-knowing. blemish free and flawless.

However...
Limited in proving,
Dependable skills.
And a responsibility,
Unafraid to be held accountable...
For decisions made from mistakes repeated.
This to excuse, blame and accuse.
Is an entitlement often accessible to use,
As a preferred weapon quick to choose.
Reliable and sold to fiction.
Yet...
Deluding the spread of its sickness?
Can no longer keep,
This repetition of pretentiousness...
Innocently portrayed to display innocence!

Aging is a difficult thing to delay,
Misunderstanding to comprehend reality!
Especially among those finding their minds,
Out of touch!


Scheme XABCDEADXXFXFXXGH GEXFXDIXIBXHXCX XFXX
Poetic Form
Metre 101101111 11010011 1101110 10110110010 111010 101000010 110 010010 110010010 111101 0100111 0100010 11110100 11010111 11101110101 0100 110101010 10 100010 01001 0000100 011110100 10101101010 11011001 11010010010011 100110111 010001110 1 010011110 11101 101011 100001101100 10101001101 001010110 0100111011 111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,100
Words 206
Sentences 25
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 17, 15, 4
Lines Amount 36
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 292
Words per stanza (avg) 56
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Written on February 20, 2023

Submitted by lpahtillah on February 20, 2023

Modified on March 05, 2023

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