Analysis of Said To Say

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



So much has been said to say,
To correct and fix...
The problems that today we face.
Without them to escalate.
But what has been said to say,
Many chose to turn heads away.
To believe this to do,
Would also eliminate their problems...
Too!

And now most wish,
To find solutions...
For their confusion, conflicts.
And divisions that exist.
With a seeking of recommendations,
From the very ones...
Who repeatedly have said to say,

'You had a mind to use.
And it is up to you not anyone else,
To locate where and when...
You decided it was useless to lose it!

With it now to believe,
Your mind long gone...
In your desperate need think.
Independently.
Has survived to thrive,
On thoughtlessness alone!?
And...
Expect to be rescued.
From what?
Something you want,
To have identified and described?
Still to go unrecognized?


Scheme AXXXAABXB XCXXCCA XXXX XXXXXXXXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1111111 10101 01010111 011110 1111111 10111101 101111 110010110 1 0111 11010 1101001 0010101 101010010 10101 101001111 110111 0111111101 11101 1101110111 111101 1111 011011 0100 10111 1101 0 011110 11 1011 11010001 111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 787
Words 144
Sentences 22
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 9, 7, 4, 12
Lines Amount 32
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 157
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Submitted by lpahtillah on May 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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