Analysis of Earning To Own What Is Priceless
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I can only claim what is mine to have earned,
To be owned.
Not borrowed, leased...
Or loaned to promise,
Payments to keep up on a monthly basis.
And if not,
What I claim to possess and it to me owned...
Is repossessed to depreciate in value.
Yet what I have earned to own,
Increases my appreciation more with time.
Knowing 'that' to value remains priceless.
And mine not taken to give to someone else.
Like many reminding others what they did!
| Scheme | XAXBB XAX XXBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101111111 111 111 11110 10111101010 011 11110101111 1011010010 1111111 01010010111 1011100110 0111011111 11001010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 445 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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