Analysis of The End Of Perpetual Denial
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
The people have had it,
With beliefs deceiving...
The truth of reality.
'They could have found another way.
Than throwing bowls,
Loaded with cherries onto the highway.
What on Earth do they think this proves?'
Eventually they will discover,
Life to live has its pits.
And will end their perpetual denials.
I pray for those days to come.
'But...
What about those,
Driving innocently on the highway?
Some may be killed.
Trying to avoid the cherries with pits.'
Oh?
How would they know which was which?
If they had found to find out,
For themselves.
That life lived to delude free of pits?
None of this would have had a need,
To escalate such hatred.
With a viciousness.
That many took for granted...
Those they were taught to be immigrants,
Were secretly the reason and cause...
That their quality of lives ruined,
Had been intended to be pitless.
From the very beginning.
'Thoughts like that to keep are ridiculous.'
And...
That's not all,
Those conservative folks...
Living mentally cement in fiction,
Have on their tormented minds.
Driving them to absolute madness!
They could eventually begin to ban books.
Schools, libraries.
And scriptures to quote.
From Bibles.
To demand deceiving hypocrites,
Disguise themselves as founders...
And descendents of the Bigfoot family!
Scheme | XAB CDCX XEFX XXCXE XXXXEXGXGXXHDA I HXXXXIXXXFEXB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010111 101010 01110 11110101 1101 101101001 11111111 0100011010 111111 01110100010 1111111 1 1011 101000101 1111 1010101011 1 1111111 1111111 101 111101111 11111101 110110 10100 1101110 110111100 010001001 111001110 11010111 1010010 1111110100 0 111 101001 1010001010 111101 10111010 110100001111 110 01011 110 10101010 0101110 0010101100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,278 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 5, 14, 1, 13 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 142 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The End Of Perpetual Denial" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 5 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/182773/the-end-of-perpetual-denial>.
Discuss this Lawrence S. Pertillar poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In