Analysis of Groomed
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
No one is born to lie.
But taught and groomed,
To be demons.
No one is born to lie.
But taught their best,
Who and when to deceive.
No one is born to lie.
From Sunrise to Sunset.
And,
No one is born to cry....
For attention and empathy given to get.
Rehearsing until perfection,
Their best demonic routines.
People who had minds now gone.
Never knew how to use them.
People who had minds now gone,
Claim to have been victimized.
With a telling more lies to be sympathized.
As tears drip from their practiced eyes.
People who had minds now gone,
Can't be trusted.
Even in places they go to pray,
Lies are told and sold Sundays.
Portraying themselves as Saints.
But Saints they ain't!
Tricksters.
Mmmm.
Dupers.
Mmmm.
Deceiving hoodwinkers.
Mmmm.
Praying in pews with their fingers crossed!
People who had minds now gone,
Can't be trusted.
No.
They've been taught to be tricksters.
Mmmm.
And lieing lip twisters.
Mmmm.
Skilled hoodwinkers.
Mmmm.
Praying in pews with their fingers crossed!
Scheme | AxbAxx Acxacxx DeDffx DGxxxx hEbEbEI DGxhEhEbEI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1101 1110 111111 1111 101101 111111 1111 0 111111 101001001011 01001010 1101001 1011111 1011111 1011111 1111100 1010111110 11111101 1011111 1110 100101111 111011 0100111 1111 10 1 1 1 0101 1 100111101 1011111 1110 1 1111110 1 01110 1 11 1 100111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 993 |
Words | 219 |
Sentences | 34 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 7, 6, 6, 7, 10 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 128 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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