Analysis of Mistakened Worth
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Mistakened worth.
And misplaced faith.
Will only guarantee,
Disrespect to get and received.
From the ones who compare,
What they possess,
To obtain in excess...
As a way to impress and address,
Others perceived to be less...
Than human beings to treat them,
In a way they had been...
Taught to learn,
What it is that should be valued.
And...
Throughout their lives to prioritize!
With a remaining to pray faithfully,
For more of it to feel...
Life to live it,
Is a competition for attention to get.
And winning to impress others.
Those others with druthers,
Who also seek...
Equal approval and acceptance.
To then be applauded...
After achieving a head to toe scrutiny.
That has been charaded.
Done to masquerade,
A feeling of self worth.
Smothered under the cover,
Of pretentions displayed.
Kept religiously political!
Scheme | AXBXXCCCCXXXXXX BXXXD DXXXBBEAXEX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 0011 11001 0111001 101101 1101 10101 10110101 1001111 11010111 001111 111 11111110 0 01111010 1001011100 111111 1111 10010101011 01010110 110110 1101 100100010 111010 100100111100 1111 1101 010111 1010010 1101 101000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 789 |
Words | 137 |
Sentences | 20 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 5, 11 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 213 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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