Analysis of Life To Live

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



We grow from birth,
Seeking approval and acceptance.
And taught how to get it.
Until the ease of that task,
Becomes more of a challenge to satisfy...
The ones who demand,
A jumping through hopes.
Licking boots.
And the cleaning of filthy garbage cans.

Then...
Not overnight it happens.
No longer is acceptance and approval wished.
And a removing off one's path,
Are those obstacles.
Appearing as if pebbles on a beach.
To make it known eventually,
Life to live feeling successful...
Day, night or anytime at all.
Is the belief in one's self
To faithfully accept and steadfast approval.

'What I call that is conceit.'

'I know.
And I remember you calling me a loser,
For not believing in myself more.'

'Well...
Did or did you not,
Benefit from my negative assessment?
In a positive way?'

'That was the wrong thing,
For me to say to you.'

'Why?
I don't always take the credit,
For the miraculous ways my abilities have...
In changing the pitiful lives of my friends.
Hey?
I do what I do.
You know that.
Without attention on myself expected to get.
Humility is my nickname!'

'I know.
Grateful? Right?


Scheme xxxxaxxxx xxxxxxxbxxb x Cxx xxxd xe axxxdexxx Cx
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 100100010 011111 0101111 0111010110 01101 01011 101 0010110101 1 1101110 110101000101 00010111 11100 0101110101 111101000 11110010 1111011 1001011 11000101010 1111101 11 010101101010 11010011 1 11111 10011100010 001001 11011 111111 1 1111010 1001001101001 01001001111 1 11111 111 010101101011 0100111 11 101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,075
Words 204
Sentences 35
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 9, 11, 1, 3, 4, 2, 9, 2
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted by lpahtillah on June 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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