Analysis of Generic Caring

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Nothing to know it,
Generically administered.
Can be declared to say,
Specifically.
Can be said cures,
With a caring to ensure...
A generic process heals to mend,
An ending of a pain endured.
Personally felt by no one else,
Who has been told...
Even faith to keep is no guarantee.
Without risks and chances to take.
Regardless how expensive or cheap,
The cost it pays to remain and stay...
Depending upon opinions,
Freely given by someone else.
Knowing nothing about,
What to anticipate or expect.
From a caring done to perform it,
Generically wishing for the best,
For an outcome unexpected.
Yet prepared to accept either way.

'Is it possible you can show me,
You are personally involved?'

'Sure.
Let me go get my timecard.
To show you what time I punched in.
To then put on,
My identification badge.
And while I am doing that,
Do not remove your oxygen mask!


Scheme AXBCXDXXEXCXXBXEXXAXXB CX DAXXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10111 01000100 110111 0100 1111 1010101 00101111 11010101 100011111 1111 101111101 01101011 010101011 011110101 01001010 1010111 101001 11010101 101011011 010010101 111010 101101101 111001111 11100001 1 111111 11111110 1111 1000101 0111101 110111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 830
Words 153
Sentences 18
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 22, 2, 7
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 223
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted by lpahtillah on July 07, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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