Analysis of Not That Poet
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I am not that poet.
The roses are red climbing crystal stairs kind.
No.
These are not those times.
And I refuse to be depicted,
As a poet mentally detached from reality.
Or have it discovered,
I sit deluded to excuse truth to fiction...
What I observe to witness,
Is beyond belief.
My ears are opened and my eyes?
They don't lie to me.
I am to be felt.
Ignore what I feel.
Choose what you wish to read.
But...
I want to be experienced.
As if fresh air to breathe.
And...
I will do my best,
To upset your choice to believe...
Living in denial keeps you protected,
From a 'truth' to see and others do as well.
Although poetically speaking,
I do understand and comprehend...
Why many these days,
Prefer to fiction their lives to live.
Since what is going on to face as is,
Is enough to try drugs to get away from it.
Truth to live it these days,
Has normalized craze.
And choosing fiction as an escape,
Has driven children out of their minds.
And...
As truth from them to hear it?
Becomes clearer for me to see and accept.
They are closer to reality than most folks!
Folks walking around in public.
Talking to themselves.
And as a writer of poetry,
I rather do that privately.
To know I control my own conversations.
Without offending myself or beliefs!
Intentionally speaking, of course.
'Yeah, okay, whatever.'
Scheme | axxxbcxxxxxc xxxaxxDxxbxxxexxf eexxDfxxxx ccxxx x |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 111110 01011101011 1 11111 010111010 101010001110 111010 110101011110 1101110 10101 11110011 11111 11111 01111 111111 1 11110100 111111 0 11111 10111101 10001011010 10111010111 1010010 1101001 11011 011101111 1111011111 101111110111 111111 1101 010101101 110101111 0 1111111 01101111001 1110110111 11001010 10101 010101100 11011100 1110111010 010101101 010001011 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,339 |
Words | 298 |
Sentences | 37 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 17, 10, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 201 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
Font size:
Written on October 31, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on October 31, 2023
Modified by lpahtillah on October 31, 2023
- 1:29 min read
- 4 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Not That Poet" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 3 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/172300/not-that-poet>.
Discuss this Lawrence S. Pertillar poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In