Analysis of Wants And Needs
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You may not want to need me.
And for you this may be true.
But I am the one who is in need,
To have you at least pretend...
Wanting me around,
Is a need I should not have to ask...
If it is pretended or not.
Just to have me feel,
Wanted to do something you like...
Without comparing me to someone else,
You prefer to want more around you.
Yet not available to fulfill,
The urgency of your temporary need.
As quick as I can.
Regardless if it is three minutes.
You give me five to satisfy you.
What's the problem?
The way I see it,
Two minutes saved...
Is two minutes not wasted.
And you say I'm the one inconsiderate!
Scheme | ABCDEFGHIJBKCLMBNOPQC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 0111111 111011101 1111101 10101 101111111 11101011 11111 10111011 010101111 101111011 110100101 0100111001 11111 010111110 11111101 1010 01111 1101 1110110 0111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 21 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 463 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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