Analysis of A Little Bit Of This
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
A little bit of this.
And some of that added into the mix.
Pretentiousness,
Is just another exclusively kept entitlement.
Recognized for what it is.
And once recognition becomes an addiction,
To obtain attention and fame to get?
Forever lost never to find,
Is respect to give and tolerance given.
Who is not taught,
Money and greed lifts feet that use to be...
Close to the ground and thought cemented.
Yet...
Apparently not that close to consciousness.
With common sense.
Or truth produced to identify reality.
Taken. Erased. And gone it is.
As if awaiting for laws to pass,
By sociopathic anointed authorities.
Hoping,
Their hypocritical criticisms...
Gets approval of their recommendations,
To tar and feather anyone regardless...
Of their race, skin color.
Religious or political affiliation.
Who may attempt to escape away,
From the gates of denial.
Scented with mint and fictioned to delude,
A mindset sickened by grandeur.
And self importance.
Along with remembered fantasies,
Delivered by tooth fairies.
'This...
This picture you depict,
Is nothing more than insane madness.
Lived by people incapable to acknowledge,
Or admit...
They have permitted their own way of life,
Restricted by mental fences.
And limited to defend,
An ignorance protected by any means.
Any means determined necessary.'
'Rituals seem always created,
To celebrate something...
That keeps folks spending billions of dollars,
Seeking for intelligent life forms...
Light years away in an endless space.
Without proven boundaries.
Or an UP nor down, left or right.'
'What does it all mean?'
'Many folks are determined,
To benefit and profit...
From a repetitive stupidity,
So far only found on Earth.
With an abundance of evidence,
Historically to prove who the fools are.'
'We all continue to make ourselves fools.'
'And...
I hope you're not expecting a prize,
For being conscious and aware of it!'
Scheme | AXAXBCDXC XEFDGXEBXHIXXGXCXXXXJHH AXGXKXXXXE FIXXXHX X LXEXJX X LXK |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 010111 0111100101 1 11010010010100 101111 01010011010 1010100111 01011011 10111010010 1111 1001111111 110101010 1 01001111100 1101 1101101010 10010111 110101111 110100100 10 10100100 1010110010 1101010010 111110 010101000010 110110101 1011010 101101101 0110101 01010 011010100 0101110 1 110101 110110110 111001001010 101 1101011111 01011010 0100101 11000101101 101010100 10011010 11010 1111010110 101010011 110101101 0110100 11111111 11111 1011010 1100010 1001000100 1110111 110101100 01000111011 11010110011 0 111101001 1101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,883 |
Words | 367 |
Sentences | 43 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 23, 10, 7, 1, 6, 1, 3 |
Lines Amount | 60 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 185 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on March 30, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on March 30, 2023
Modified on March 30, 2023
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