Analysis of A Wrong Kept Going On
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Effective.
Is a going on.
Effective.
Kept to keep it wrong.
Effective.
Day and night long.
Leave to leave many minds,
Gone!
So effective.
Unsuspected,
But done.
So effective.
Unexpected,
But done.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
From the bottom to the top,
Nonstop!
So effective, unsuspected but done.
So effective, unexpected but done.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on.
A wrong kept going on...
From the top to the bottom,
Dropped!
A wrong kept going on,
Day in and night long.
A wrong kept going on...
From top to the bottom of it dropped!
Going on.
From the top to the bottom of it...
Going on.
And from the top to the bottom of it...
Going on.
And from the top to the bottom of it...
Dropped!
| Scheme | AbAcAcxx AdEAdE BBBff ee BBBxG BcB gBhBHBHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010 10101 010 11111 010 1011 111101 1 1010 010 11 1010 010 11 011101 011101 011101 1010101 1 101001011 101001011 011101 011101 011101 1011010 1 011101 10011 011101 111010111 101 101101011 101 0101101011 101 0101101011 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 709 |
| Words | 142 |
| Sentences | 31 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 6, 5, 2, 5, 3, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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