Analysis of The Disciplinarian
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
It's not unusual.
Uncommon.
Or today to think of as rare.
Often it was the eldest child,
Growing up to be despised...
For dispensing discipline,
Upon the ones,
Who had been younger children.
Siblings believing the eldest of them,
Should do everything.
And never to have been told,
How the eldest had been scolded.
By absentee parents.
Parents seldom around.
Yet demanded the older child,
To ensure all chores were their's to complete.
And if not a punishment,
They would expect to meet.
Then from the parents to hear it said,
To anyone listening to believe...
How they give their children,
Everything they want.
With a providing everything they wish.
But the oldest child,
Knows what is gossiped...
Is nothing but nonsense.
Since if it had not been,
For the eldest sibling.
The younger ones would know nothing about,
Discipline, respect to give it.
Being responsible or held accountable,
For everything they did or did not do.
Knowing they could blame and accuse,
The elder one for being mean and abusive.
However...
No one questions the parents.
For not being the parents they should be.
But always it is the eldest child.
To have it said to have abandoned,
The family.
With a doing to live a life,
Without attempting to do that for others.
Not to hear a word of appreciation.
For being apparently the parent.
When the absentee parents,
Were the ones proactively...
Doing as much abandonment as possible.
This is not unusual.
Nor uncommon to think as rare.
And the older ones to have moved on,
To live their lives.
Have gone to no longer be there.
Being blamed and accused,
For growing up to become an adult.
Since no one else,
Had been subjected or enforced.
To take on that responsibility.
'I heard when you were a child.
Your parents gave you,
Everything you wanted.'
'I had been hearing that same thing too.
And...
When you find the evidence and proof of it?
Let me know,
Who has been hiding that from me!
Long have I left behind,
Lies and deception.
Living them has been no benefit to me at all.'
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Metre | 11010 010 10111111 10110101 1011101 1010100 0101 1111010 1001001011 1110 0101111 10101110 10110 101001 10100101 1011101101 0110100 110111 110101111 110100101 111110 1011 100101011 10101 1111 110110 111111 101010 0101111001 10001111 100100110100 110111111 10111001 010111010010 10 1110010 1110010111 11110101 111111010 0100 10101101 01010111110 1110110010 1100100010 100110 0011100 101101001100 111010 10101111 001011111 1111 11111011 101001 1101101101 1111 11010101 111100100 1111001 11011 10110 111101111 0 11101000111 111 11110111 111101 10010 1011111001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,007 |
Words | 428 |
Sentences | 46 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 31, 13, 10, 3, 8 |
Lines Amount | 68 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 260 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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