Analysis of A Work Of Art
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Nothing will appease an evil unleashed.
Historically deceived.
Although visually attacked as abstract,
To have its origin re-created.
Fictioned to defend a scene,
If focused upon...
Many will agree,
Is a depiction of reality not yet to be seen.
Fables embellishing,
Known told to exaggerate...
Decades as a way of life to live as is.
Addressing to prioritize,
Symbolizing fantasies.
Until idolized to worship.
In minds to actually be there to exist.
Leaving behind,
The truth to reduce to a nothingness.
With a promise,
A prescribed bitter pill advised to take...
Daily before Sunrise.
Eliminates the sour taste of yesterdays.
Erased.
And...
Miraculously acts of evil practiced.
Day in and night out.
Suddenly from memory disappear.
Along with wounds,
Perceived inflicted personally.
Begin to be considered,
Scars of pride and kept dignity to flaunt...
A work of art that identifies what it takes,
To tolerate, participate and accept...
What others exhibit to expect it sold,
Has no lasting value...
Eventually to discover by those told,
Evil unleashed upon others.
Believed left weak and meek.
Display the power of their faith,
Better known by the Earth.
Where all and not a few from birth return!
Scheme | XXXXAXBA XXXCXXX XDDXCXX XXXXXBXXXXEXEXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (23%) |
Metre | 1010111001 0100001 110001101 1111001010 110101 11001 10101 1001011011111 100100 111010 01101111111 0101010 100100 0110110 01110011101 1001 0110110100 1010 0011010111 10011 0100101110 01 0 01000111010 10011 100110001 0111 010101000 0111010 1110110011 01111010111 110010001 11001010111 111010 010001010111 10010110 011101 01010111 101101 1101011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,201 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 7, 18 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 237 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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