Analysis of Back Off Again

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Back to being...
Off again.
Back to being...
That.
Again.
Back to having,
No discipline.
Wanting their own way to live.
Free from respect to give.
For a normalcy.
Done to do as they please.

Back, again!
With nothing learned.
Or common sense,
To have within.
Lessons kept are swept away.
Yet asked answers flood their minds.
As they wonder why,
Lies told go on they rely upon...
Keeps them,
Back!
And off track,
Far from truth.

They wonder why,
They are held back.
Living in denial and delusion.

They are held back!
Refusing to let go of their delusions.
Again!
They keep themselves back.
Refusing and denying their delusions.
Again!
Oh they keep themselves back.
Refusing to deny they've been screwed.
Up in woe!
Yes they keep themselves back.
From common sense.
And minds to use!


Scheme AbAxBacxxxx bxdxxxexxffx eFc FgBfgBfxxfdx
Poetic Form
Metre 1110 101 1110 1 01 1110 1100 1011111 110111 10100 111111 101 1101 1101 1101 1011101 1110111 11101 111110101 11 1 011 111 1101 1111 1000100010 1111 01011111010 01 11011 01000101010 01 111011 010101111 101 111011 1101 0111
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 743
Words 137
Sentences 32
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 11, 12, 3, 12
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 150
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 05, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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