Analysis of Planting Seeds
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Little boys who enjoy,
The planting of seeds.
Seldom become
Responsible men and fathers.
To know what it takes to await and see,
Their crops to harvest and grow.
Or nourish them to keep flourished.
'How on Earth,
Did you manage to get...
Such outstanding plants.
From seeds to bloom.
And flourish the way they have like that?'
'Lots of patience, determination.
And time to sacrifice,
My expertise in dunking balls.
In any convenient,
Playground around easily found.'
'OH.
I think you misunderstood me.'
'There was a time I admit I didn't.
But now, these days,
I have no regrets I did.'
'No regrets?
No regrets of doing what?'
'Being a doting and watchful farmer.
Ensuring my seeds to plant,
Become the best of crops...
Anyone, anywhere can harvest.'
'That's too deep for me!'
'It takes protecting the roots.
And a partner that is...
Both patient and tolerant,
Of what can be produced...
With unrelenting vigilance!'
'You know I am talking about your plants?'
'Of course.
What else would you be talking about,
To notice?'
'I've got to go.
To get in a game or two!'
'Cover your moves.
Or you will wish you had.
Like many seed planters,
Eventually do.
To refusing the knowing,
Of the crops they sowed.
Although...
Bragging about seeds,
They left to implant.
On ground playing around to leave.'
'You're a strange dude, my brutha!'
'I didn't mean that as a compliment.'
'No problem.
I didn't suspect to detect it was!
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Metre | 101101 01011 1001 01001010 1111110101 1111001 11011110 111 111011 1101 1111 010011111 11100010 01110 101011 010010 1011001 1 1110011 1101101110 1111 1110111 101 1011101 1001001010 0101111 010111 1010110 11111 1101001 001011 1100100 111101 1010100 1111100111 11 111111001 110 1111 1100111 1011 111111 110110 010001 1010010 10111 1 10011 11101 11100111 101111 1101110100 110 1100110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,373 |
Words | 263 |
Sentences | 42 |
Stanzas | 16 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 5, 5, 2, 3, 2, 4, 1, 5, 1, 3, 2, 10, 1, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 54 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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