Analysis of Defending Innocence To Protect What
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Defending to protect,
What is left of innocence.
'From an optimist's point of view?
Or from the concept and hopeful affect,
The feeling of innocence to pretend it...
Oncè had been.
Before or after,
Its existence and belief became obsolete.'
I'm not sure.
Was your comment a question or statement?
Can we just go through the motion?
Without these questions being asked,
To ponder over the answer.
That could well be just a statement.
'Then,
Who are you trying to convince,
Your defending...
Whatever is left of innocence to defend it.
Means anything worth believing in,
To state or question your motive.'
That is something that has yet,
Left any of us to consider to mention.
But good question.
Since our opponent has taken common sense,
As their campaign slogan.
With a hope their persistence begins a trend,
Of thinking as a painless thought process.
That left us to choose innocence,
As our weapon of choice!
'To use how?'
I guess,
As our motive.
With innocence as our choice to choose.
Thank you for that suggestion.
'Hey...
Don't premeditated me being involved,
In your decision to choose innocence...
As a choice you chose to use as your weapon.
Although I must admit,
You would be better to believe than I would.'
Don't be such a pessimist.
I have been a virgin more than once.
Innocence to claim,
Is not difficult at all.
Have you ever been married?
'Not yet, why?'
Ask anyone who has married.
To have discovered being divorced.
Innocence to pretend it becomes an art.
With a knowing when to save a marriage.
Instead of losing an investment,
By volunteering to be the honest one...
All the time.
'You mean, lie?'
On knees, if necessary!
'On knees?
I'm not getting on my knees for anyone.'
I understand.
Are you left or right hand.
Which one do you use the most?
'I use both.
Why?'
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Metre | 010101 1111100 111111 1101001001 01011001011 111 01110 10100010110 111 1110010110 11111010 01110101 11010010 11111010 1 11110101 1010 101111001011 11010100 11110110 1110111 110111010110 1110 110010110101 110110 10110100101 110101011 11111100 1101011 111 11 11010 1100110111 1111010 1 1010011001 0101011100 10111111110 11101 11110101111 1110100 111010111 10011 1110011 1110110 111 1101110 110101001 10010110111 1010111010 011101010 1010110101 101 111 111100 11 1110111110 101 111111 1111101 111 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,813 |
Words | 397 |
Sentences | 48 |
Stanzas | 17 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 6, 6, 6, 9, 1, 4, 6, 2, 3, 1, 7, 1, 1, 2, 3, 2 |
Lines Amount | 62 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Written on April 28, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on April 28, 2023
Modified on April 30, 2023
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