Analysis of Before Is Not My After
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
In these days and times today we face,
I am determined to stay,
Among the believers.
Away from those who have chosen to deceive.
In these days and times,
To seem crazed and in utter disarray.
I know I have got to stay,
Among the believers.
Being a deceiver,
Is not healthy for my mentality.
I refuse to live that way.
Monday and the days throughout each week,
Hypocrites near and far...
Are seeking anyone of faith,
Hoping to defeat.
With a smile and a pat on their back.
Done to do then knock them off their feet.
And not discreet about that either.
Experience to live and get it is the teacher.
Seldom learned from lessons preached.
Many times I have found,
Being knocked down to the ground.
A crawling back to stand on my two feet,
Had not been easy to do publicly.
What was done before to close that door?
Is not my after.
To know each day.
More and more.
In these days and times today we face,
I am determined to stay away from deceivers.
To believe in myself.
Regardless of who has what to say,
About how I walk in an arrogant way.
To earn and feel blessed,
That what I've done I owe no one.
And God knows where I'm coming from!
It is what it is as is to be.
Before is not now my after!
That I do know and believe.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011010111 1101011 010010 01111110101 01101 111001001 1111111 010010 1001 1110110100 1011111 100010111 10101 1101011 10101 101001111 111111111 010101110 0100110111010 1011101 101111 1011101 0101111111 1111011100 111011111 11110 1111 101 011010111 11010110111 10101 010111111 01111011001 11011 11111111 01111101 111111111 01111110 1111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,226 |
Words | 284 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 7, 7, 6, 4, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 134 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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