Analysis of What More Can We Do?
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What more to them can we do to prove,
We have had enough of their nonsense.
With a doing done to have believed,
Our actions taken should be ignored.
To think we are not serious.
By placing upon them,
The next installment of sanctions!
'No.
Let's keep our patience.
The next sanctions will ruin them mentally.
Leaving the sharing,
Of decades loyal to beliefs...
Only we have in common.
To have known,
The taste of our favorite flavors.
Will permanently destroy our relationship!'
'Where are the lollipops!?'
'I'm telling you don't do this!'
'Stop the shipment of those lollipops.
And store them near the containers,
Behind the jellybeans.
To then replace the labels,
On the frozen Neopolitan ice cream.
With a camouflaging them to appear,
As canned vegetables.'
'But they will protest against your cruelty!
And will prevent further peace talks.'
'I'm telling you...
Those gummy bears,
The lollipops and the chocolate covered...
Caramel drops sucked until the center,
Is discovered to have peppermint inside?
Will bring those childish idiots,
Back to reality.
And I want it declared,
What we are prepared to do next!
Call a news conference immediately.'
'How will this action taken,
Affect the hostages?'
'Trust me.
These petty wars have got to stop.
There can be no peace,
Without revealing the sweetness of it.
Then with everyone's agreement,
The vegetables?
Will be brought to the table.
To discuss better ways,
Of keeping all of our minds healthy!'
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Metre | 111111111 111011110 101011101 1010101101 11111100 110011 01010110 1 111010 01101101100 10010 10110101 1011010 111 0111010010 110000110010 11010 1101111 10101110 01110010 0101 111010 1010111 101001101 11100 111101110 01011011 1101 1101 010001010 1001101010 1010111001 11110100 1110 011101 11101111 10110001000 1111010 010100 11 11011111 11111 0101001011 1110010 0100 1111010 101101 1101110110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,458 |
Words | 297 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 9, 1, 1, 7, 2, 10, 2, 9 |
Lines Amount | 48 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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