Analysis of Under A Bus Crushed
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Don't tell me.
Don't tell me what it is I think I see.
I see but can not believe.
Don't tell me.'
Ladies and gentlemen.
So many these days,
Can not.
Will not.
And dare not face their own mistakes.
Difficult it is being challenged.
On a daily basis.
By those trained and limited,
With minds they claim...
To be conscious.
Although living within restrictions.
Awaiting...
For their next thought to think.
Done not to question.
But to perform whatever the activity.
Ladies and gentlemen.
And those these days...
Wanting their cake frosted,
In chocolate, vanilla.
Or a rainbow flavored lemonade.
Doing what they can,
To awaken others...
Hypnotized to please,
Deceivers who leave...
Them under a bus left crushed.
Let it be known as you have shown,
No stupidity to prove it...
Is worth remaining loyal to anyone,
Baptizing their followers...
In a cesspool of stench.
Yet...
Believe they do and defend,
They have been 'touched'...
By the genius of one chosen!
'Uh...
Don't tell me.
They are not awaiting in this line,
To lay down and be crushed by it!'
'Okay?
Okay...what?'
'May your eyes lie to you,
For the rest of your life.
And may your truth,
Remain scented...
As if bubblegum.
Leaving you to imagine if chewed...
Your bubbles blown,
Will dance around you.
Singing...
The 'Twelve Days Of Christmas'.'
'And...
Santa?
Santa Claus?'
'The bus driver.
Disguised.
As a bus driver.
Welcoming you to crawl under.
For the thrill of your life.
Scheme | AabA Cdeex xfgxfxhxia Cdgjxxkxbxlmikxxxxi jAxm xe noxxaxlnhf xjx pxppo |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 1111111111 1111101 111 100100 11011 11 11 01111101 100111010 101010 1110100 1111 1110 11001010 010 111111 11110 11011000100 100100 0111 101110 010010 10110101 10111 101010 1011 111 1100111 11111111 10100111 1101010110 11100 00111 1 0111001 1111 10101110 1 111 111010011 11101111 1 1 111111 101111 0111 0110 111 101101011 1101 11011 10 011110 0 10 101 0110 01 10110 10011110 101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,386 |
Words | 257 |
Sentences | 53 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 10, 19, 4, 2, 10, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 62 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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