Analysis of Mental Stability
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Gone forevermore,
Are steady habits and mental stability.
So many today seem too afraid,
To admit they are perfectly aware.
And conscious enough,
To refuse the madness and its insanity.
Knowing these days,
Craze has been normalized.
Leaving no one to deny or defy,
The reality of it,
More accepted than rejected!
'What a wonderful life we live these days.
No one has to pretend,
To be out of their minds.
Or feel they've been,
Subjected to be scrutinized.
By anyone objecting to their beliefs!
'Uh...
You took the words right out of my mouth.
You must be psycho?'
'Psycho?
What do you mean psycho?'
'I meant psychic.
Psychic!
That's what I meant!'
'Hmmm.
I think you're right.
I never thought about that,
Being a natural gift I must have!'
Scheme | ABXAXBCDXXX CXXXDX XXE EE FFX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 110100100100 110011101 1011110001 01001 101010010100 1011 11110 1011101101 01011 10101010 1010011111 111101 111111 1111 0101110 1100101101 1 110111111 11110 10 111110 1110 10 1111 1 1111 1101011 1001001111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 744 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 6, 3, 2, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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