Analysis of Say Whaaat!

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Now that truth,
Has finally begun to approach...
The 'Say Whaaat!' phase.
These days of our,
'Shut Your Mouth' stage.
Many are beginning,
To look at each other...
In the eyes to make,
That contact first.
Wanting to find,
Any signs of consciousness.
Before scanning one another,
Up then down from head to toe.
Hoping something worn to value.
Provokes a question to ask...
Where it was purchased.
The cost and worth of it.
Avoiding a reality to prefer...
Discussing the pretentiousness,
Of their deluded lives.
Exaggerated to fiction!

Interest to share,
In the caring of others...
Seems to be the latest fad.
And being addressed,
Without impressions made.
To first make them a priority!

Although...
Gossip and expressing to have,
Sincere interest in someone else.
Will take time to determine...
Where that fine line ends.

It's like...
Being addicted to nicotine.
And that crave to taste,
That morning cup of coffee.
Filled to the brim with caffeine.

Some habits to have,
Just will not end cold turkey!


Scheme XXABXXBXXXXBCXXXXBAXD XXXXXE CFXDX XGXEG FE
Poetic Form
Metre 111 110001101 0111 11110 1111 101010 111110 00111 111 1011 1011100 01101010 1111111 10101110 0101011 11110 010111 010010101 01001 110101 0100110 1011 0010110 1110101 01001 010101 111100100 1 10001011 0110011 1111010 11111 11 10010110 01111 1101110 1101101 11011 1111110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 961
Words 169
Sentences 28
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 21, 6, 5, 5, 2
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 154
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted by lpahtillah on May 02, 2021

Modified on April 27, 2023

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