Analysis of To Be Young, Gifted And...
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
To be young, gifted and...
And noticeably observant these days.
Takes being unafraid of reality.
With a doing to pursue,
A researching of the truth.
From the depths of it,
Smothered to cover up...
Not to appear as it should be.
On the surface made available.
Clear and near without debates to start.
To be young, gifted and...
Blessed with intelligence.
And common sense as well?
Is a rarity these days.
Stopping to drop jaws with awe.
As if this revelation,
Had been adventured to discover...
There are even young people 'Black,
Who are articulate.
Possessing a mentality non-white!
To be young, gifted and...
Seriously motivated too!?
Genuinely respectful.
Responsible and accountable,
To admit they know...
There is always room,
For them to improve!
These are the young and gifted,
Youth of today.
Yet...
In their way...
Are bigots, racists and others who stay,
Limited to an ignorance kept to believe...
These young people of today,
Look up to them...
As examples of leaders they wish to be.
To lead humanity to a brighter tomorrow!
With a power that advances,
Back to darken caves.
Just to experience the joy of it!
Although fictioned to delude,
Is that joy to depict in movies and on TV.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111100 0100001011 11001110 1010101 0010101 10111 101101 11011111 101010100 101010111 111100 110100 010111 1010011 1011111 111010 1111010 11101101 11010 0100010011 111100 10001001 1000010 010000100 10111 1111 11101 1101010 1101 1 011 1101001011 100111001101 1110101 1111 10101101111 110100101001 10101010 11101 1101000111 11101 1111010100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,152 |
| Words | 205 |
| Sentences | 31 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 7, 2, 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 42 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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