Analysis of Intellignce
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
When did intelligence to have,
Become a birthright of entitlements.
As minds of many,
Seem afraid of using common sense.
And unable to grow to restrict to limits.
Isn't knowledge to obtain it,
A nonstop activity?
Isn't wisdom to achieve,
An unending of lessons to earn receive?
With each step tested.
Before the next is accepted.
Approved and believed.
Is not life blessed to live it,
A series of ongoing tests.
Isn't a knowing anything questioned,
Confronted by someone who objects?
Is it wise to say someone has wisdom?
Yet...
Common sense to witness displayed,
Is delayed to appear to hear it heard.
Although,
Live we do in times to 'assume'....
Anyone dressed as if intelligent,
And uses pretentious rhetoric.
Religiously repeated continuously.
Nothing more but image given matters!
Scheme | XXAXX BACCXXX BXXX XXXXXXXXAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010011 010110100 11110 101110101 001011101110 10101011 010100 1010101 10101101101 11110 01011010 01001 1111111 0101101 100101010 01011110 111111110 1 10111001 1011011111 1 11101101 101110100 010010100 010001001000 1011101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 157 |
Sentences | 17 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 7, 4, 10 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 156 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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