Analysis of Prepared To Be Compared
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Prepared to be compared.
Dissected to microscope and scrutinized.
Done to be followed, judged and profiled.
Yet never am I asked,
If the task has been challenging.
Or...
If I am shocked and amazed,
By the stares I get...
From white children living isolated,
In nearby suburban communities.
On a field trip escorted to the urban city.
To have never seen anyone like me.
Walking without it to run,
Through the streets chased by police.
And to this my answer always is...
'Those kids will never live to feel,
Mentally free without feeling restricted...
To discover the difference between,
Limits placed to remain cemented to stay...
On their mentalities.
With this ultimately to find it beneficial,
When using it to explain to a psychiatrist...
As to why committing crimes,
For attention to get.
From parents who gave all of their attention,
To those of ethnic and diverse races.
Minding their own business.
And...
Never once seen in 'their' neighborhoods,
Taking field trips.
As if to a zoo they were going.'
Oh?
So this to observe, tolerate and witness,
Is not a bother to you at all?
'Hey...
The children of today,
Know what they see.
Hear what's being said.
Dance and rap to Black music.
Enjoy eating various ethnic foods.
And attend sporting and concert events.
Plus...
Grow up to attend universities and colleges.
Where they learn to protest.
Against what makes them upset!'
So...
You have nothing to say about it?
'Not a cent have I yet to invest,
In fiction to digest B.S. to expect dividends.
And don't intend,
A minute of my earned common sense...
Wasted on delusion too obviously addicting.
Found by many,
Easily to credit...
More of it to deepen their debts.
My mind to lose will be at my own discretion!
With no one to dare compare,
How I got there alone.
I explore to adventure innovatively seeking,
To be scrutinized and judged.
As if a novelty living like a toy to play with.
Not to feel anything associated,
Or to call human being!
Weren't you taught that?'
Why would you think that?
'Why would you ask?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 010110010 11110101 110111 10111100 1 1111001 10111 111010100 0110100100 1011010101010 111011011 1001111 1011101 01111011 11110111 10010110010 1010010001 10110101011 111 111000111010 1101101100100 1110101 101011 11011111010 1111000110 101110 0 10110110 1011 111011010 1 1110110010 110101111 1 010101 1111 11101 1011110 0110100101 0011001001 1 1110101000100 11111 0111101 1 111011011 101111101 010101110110 0101 010111101 10101011000010 1110 100110 11111011 111111111010 1111101 111101 1011010110 111001 11010010101111 111100100 1111010 10111 11111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,025 |
Words | 427 |
Sentences | 51 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 17, 3, 11, 2, 17, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 66 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 195 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Written on April 24, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on April 24, 2023
Modified on April 25, 2023
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