Analysis of Sour Is The Smell
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Sour is the smell,
Of betrayal jailed without bail.
Hoping to sail through,
Acts of treason.
And intended crimes commited to prevail.
Sour is the smell.
Contaminated and meant to addict,
Those pledging allegiance to perform...
Corruption, division and continuous conflicts.
Until too sour became the smell of it.
Although...
Too many are now drugged,
On the doings of thugs.
Choosing them as heros to idolize.
Regardless if they have turned,
The quality of lives to value...
Into a living hell many deny the heat of it!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 10101011 10111 1110 001011101 10101 010001101 110010101 0100100010001 01110010111 1 110111 101011 101110110 0101111 010011110 01010110010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 521 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 7 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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