Analysis of All Aboard
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
When determination to reach,
A destination.
Done to be agreed by all,
Aboard to move forward.
And not backward to procrastinate,
A fear to face what is deliberated.
In a wasting of time.
More appreciated to anticipate this comes.
What point is being made.
By anyone who dares to say,
Progress to discover and accomplish it...
Has to have the approval of everyone,
Deciding upon one direction is better.
Than several suggestions attempted.
Getting no one anywhere.
But into a heated argument.
Over who arrived late to express,
That a dressing to impress...
Has its benefits to address success.
Regardless of where one goes to be seen,
Observed in public.
'You were late because of...what?'
'I was not sure if the suit I wore,
Matched the color,
Of the bow tie and shoes I had on!
Plus...
When people say they will dress casually?
They don't mean it.'
'You live two blocks away,
From the train station?
And you took a cab?'
'Oh?
So now I am the cause and reason,
Why you all missed the train?'
'SURPRISE!
We knew you would do this.
Like you always do to start an argument.
To keep us from moving forward.
Well,
Whether or not you like it...
Your plans we have changed.'
'I...
I have a fear of heights.'
'Tell that to the conductor.
When the train arrives.
On time!'
Scheme | XAXBXXCXXDEAFXXGHHHXX B XFXXXE DAX XAX XXGBXEX XX FXC |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011 0010 1110111 011110 01101010 0111110100 001011 10100101011 111101 1101111 1101000101 1110010110 10011010110 110010010 101110 101010100 101011101 1010101 111001101 0101111111 01010 101011 111110111 1010 101101111 1 11011111000 1111 111101 10110 01101 1 111101010 111101 01 111111 1111111100 11111010 1 1011111 11111 1 110111 1110010 10101 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,270 |
Words | 282 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 21, 1, 6, 3, 3, 7, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 46 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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