Analysis of Remarkable Persuasion
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Remarkable it is to be,
How easily we all are persuaded...
By anything to accept and believe.
If it is done convincingly.
And this only takes,
A few to debate...
Over what is true kept to delude,
What is not.
Leaving no one to object or refuse,
Of being confused.
By that which is introduced,
With a doing to change their minds.
That the reality they have known to live.
Has nothing to do with the truth of it.
And if it did...
Why have they allowed themselves,
To be persuaded to defend...
A reality to believe it.
Yet...
Are left to doubt,
There own eyes and ears...
While committing to participate,
In destroying this reality.
For another.
Rumored to hear about it.
But nowhere near them to appear!
'Okay.
Tell me this...
How do you expect me,
To accept what you say?
Without evidence or proof of it produced!'
'Good question.
Are you a Christian?'
'Of course.
What kind of stupid question,
Is that to ask?
We are here to debate reality.
Not proven myths.'
'Fine.
Do you believe in God?'
'If I am not mistaken.
We are here to discuss,
What is real to us and what is not.'
'Absolutely and I agree.
I too am a Christian and believe in God.
And...
The last time I was in conference.
To speak privately with God.
Not a face of His did I see.
But His voice to hear it.
For whatever reason,
I knew immediately it was not yours!
And that myth you say to claim proven,
Where is 'your' evidence of it?'
'Not from a voice to hear,
To use to spread such ridiculous lies!'
'Admitting to all of us,
Just what you are!'
'I am not a liar.'
'I didn't call you a liar.
But a hypocrite?
That would be a better topic to debate.
Leaving the outcome of it,
Left to believe...
The time wasted has been a stalemate!
And not at all remarkable to discover.
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Metre | 01001111 1100111010 110101001 11110100 01101 01101 101111101 111 1011110101 11001 111101 10101111 101011111 1101110111 0111 1110101 11010101 0101011 1 1111 11101 10101010 0010110 1010 1011011 1111101 1 111 111011 101111 01100111101 110 11010 11 1111010 1111 11110110 1101 1 110101 1111010 111101 111110111 0100101 11101000101 0 011110100 1110011 10111111 111111 11010 11010001111 011111110 11110011 110111 1111101001 0101111 1111 111010 11011010 1010 11101010101 100111 1101 01101101 011101001010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,692 |
Words | 346 |
Sentences | 52 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 22, 5, 2, 5, 2, 3, 11, 2, 2, 1, 7 |
Lines Amount | 66 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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