Analysis of Free Is The Air
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
One first has to know,
Who they are to grow.
Adjusting to become comfortable with this.
To identify which steps forward to take.
Unafraid to make mistakes.
Or excuse them made.
Hoping to chase them away each day.
The only thing free,
Is the air we all breathe.
For now.
Without debating it to question,
Who lives amongst us...
Gets too much to not deserve.
And any task one seeks sought to have,
Requires facing critique and negativity.
With it done to accept,
How motivating this can get.
Also,
One has to know to reach beyond obstacles.
And those challenges.
That come to pop and stop,
One's Ballon from rising too high.
And this to anticipate,
Should keep one remaining to stay proactive.
With a stacking in a backpack,
Spare balloons and extra string.
To sit if it is necessary patiently.
Awaiting for the next wind that blows.
Catching it the moment,
That breeze is felt to have arrived!
Don't despair.
Deepen your breath.
Slowly inhale to exhale the air.
Patiently sit and remove all cares to worry.
The air is free.
Why rush in a hurry?
Relax.
The sky is up!
The only thing kept down,
May be your head.
Filled with unnecessary B.S.
Someone else put there!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 11111 010101100011 1010111011 011101 10111 101110111 01011 101111 11 010101110 11011 1111101 010111111 010100100100 111101 1100111 10 11111101100 01100 111101 11011011 011010 11101011110 1010001 1010101 11111100100 010101111 101010 11111101 101 1011 100110101 100100111110 0111 110010 01 0111 010111 1111 1101001 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,121 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 9, 8, 2, 1, 1, 3, 1, 4 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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