Analysis of More Than Not
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Religion and its politics,
Today no longer represent the people.
To defend.
The people to defend.
Religion and its politics,
Seem mixed together to offend the people.
To offend.
The people to offend.
Closed once opened doors,
Welcoming those poor.
Are only opened now for the rich.
Closed once opened doors,
Welcoming the poor.
Are only opened now,
For who can afford to profit...
Off an image thought has benefits.
More than not.
Today more than not,
Is the value of what people possess.
To confess it.
More than not.
Much more these days than not,
Is the value of what people possess.
To impress.
It addressed!
It's more about things.
More than not.
It's more about the bling of things.
It is,
More about things.
More than not.
Today it's about the things,
That...
Blindly 'bling'!
| Scheme | Abcc Abcc Dex Dexxx FfGxFfGgx hFh xhFhxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110 0111001010 101 010101 0100110 11010101010 101 010101 11101 10011 110101101 11101 10001 110101 11101110 111011100 111 01111 1010111001 1011 111 111111 1010111001 101 101 11011 111 11010111 11 1011 111 0110101 1 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 790 |
| Words | 176 |
| Sentences | 25 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 5, 9, 3, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 34 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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