Analysis of Tortured Souls

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Impressively dressed.
And going through the motions.
Of doing their best to represent,
A creation of reality.
That has left their minds,
Performing activities.
Pointless without common sense.
To witness mentalities becoming demented.

Tortured souls.
Detached and rushing,
To set fires with a desire to torch...
Their own place where they dwell.
Determined to extinguish,
Remnants of their own consciousness.
Long to have been singed.
From lives to fiction.
Inviting their arrival,
Not to realize it to be...
Eternity in 'Hell!'

'Finally you are here.
Your cells await.'

'Who are you?
And...
What is this dark hot place?'

'Some call me Lou.
Short for Lucifer.
But I prefer to be called 'The Warden'.
It personalizes your long stay.'

'You know, Lou?
None of us intended to be here.'

'They all say the same thing.
But I promise you before I am through,
You will adapt and adust!'

'Whew!
That's a relief.
How long will that be?'

'You will find my time is yours.
Limitless.
Now...
Do you prefer coffee, tea?
Or a sizzling hot taste of my 'Coco?'
My personal favorite beverage.


Scheme AXXBXXXX XCXDXEXFXBD GX HXX HXFX HG CHA HXB XEXBXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01001 0101010 11011101 0010110 11111 0100100 1001101 1101010010 101 01010 11101001011 111111 0101010 10111100 11111 11110 0101010 1110111 010001 100111 1101 111 0 111111 1111 11100 1101111010 11000111 111 111010111 111011 1110101111 110101 1 1001 11111 1111111 100 1 1101101 1010011111 1100100100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,031
Words 190
Sentences 36
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 8, 11, 2, 3, 4, 2, 3, 3, 6
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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