Analysis of Corruptinitus
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Who has yet not been infected.
To then begin defending,
Their lustful ways.
Given up to submit to temptations.
With a bartering to trade or pawn.
It has always been what one knows to expose.
Done with whoever agrees kept to keep,
Secretly between themselves.
With an oath of allegiance to pledge.
And today corruption and disrespect,
Are neck in neck heading towards...
The ending of all races and honesty to face.
Normalizing a diseasing of mentalities.
Corruptinitus.
Normalizing a diseasing of mentalities.
Capitalism.
Normalizing a diseasing of mentalities.
Materializing to idolize,
Possessions.
Symbolized,
As the most important thing to have in life.
With a variety of it to worship, love and adore.
How much one can hoard and store,
A collection of worthless souvenirs.
With a pointlessness to feed,
An obsession one has with excess.
And denial.
A denial...
That may or may not have something to do,
With people losing their minds.
Yet finding themselves feeling entitled,
To be...
Tastefully crazed.
In just the right appropriate way acceptable.
To leave a valued impression,
Of pretentiousness.
Suitable for dinner parties.
And the telling of tall tales!
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Metre | 11111010 1101010 1101 1011011010 101001111 1111111101 1101001111 1000101 111101011 001010001 11011001 0101110010011 1000111 1 1000111 1000 1000111 01000110 010 10 10101011101 100100111101001 1111101 001011001 10111 10101111 0010 0010 1111111011 1101011 1100110010 11 1001 0101010010100 11010010 11 10011010 0010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,167 |
Words | 227 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 14, 12 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 233 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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