Analysis of Theft To Own
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Theft is not earned to own it.
Nor is ignorance to spread,
One's duty to obligate it done.
Someone no longer on this Earth perceived,
Whatever they took away from others...
Had been theirs to take,
To claim a discovery.
Done to defend and place a value.
At the disadvantage,
Of the ones left behind.
Then to leave them to declare,
Them to be threats and enemies.
Throughout history this is witnessed to see.
To eventually become,
A way of life to be called 'Liberty'.
Justified by laws and rules,
Documented to dictate and follow.
Obeyed to include entitlements given.
Yet not for all,
Who are judged by a few.
Deciding amongst themselves,
To exclude the many...
With a doing intended and meant to do.
For purposes to use,
Their ethnicity.
Appearance and religious beliefs.
Done to discriminate themselves from others.
By images shown to make it known,
Those who are different and due respect...
Should be treated as second class citizens.
And not the ones who reflect,
The ability to declare themselves to be...
Obviously blessed to be among,
Those 'Chosen'.
In the eyes enforced to behold them that way!
'MOVE OUT THE WAY!
LET DEITIES PASS THROUGH.
HERE WHAT I SAY?
MOVE OUT THE WAY.
WE ARE THE CHOSEN.
NOT YOU!'
Scheme | xxa xbxcdxxxx cxcxxaxdxcdxcxbxexecxaf FdfFad |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 1110011 11011011 111011101 101101110 11111 1100100 110101010 10010 101101 1111101 11110100 01100111011 10100001 0111111100 101101 100101010 01101010010 1111 111101 100101 101010 10100100111 110011 10100 010001001 1101001110 110011111 1111000101 11101101100 0101101 001001010111 100011101 110 00101101111 1101 110011 1111 1101 11010 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,217 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 9, 23, 6 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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