Analysis of Respect To Expect It
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Never should it be,
Anyone's sacrificial mission.
With good intentions intake to perform,
An expectation to feel regret and accept...
A being beaten down by tongues.
Done to do to test their stamina.
Nor should those who are good people.
Tolerate with tested patience.
Others disrespectful.
And taught thoughtlessness to teach it.
Although such missions may require,
Sedatives to take them hour by hour.
Done to believe attitudes will change.
With time to give before one's mind goes.
Stop!
In the name of love.
Before your mind is blown.
Think this o-o-ver!
Baby, baby stay aware of what you do.
There is nothing you were born to prove.
Think this o-o-ver!
Move on.
Express no feelings of regret.
Move on.
From those incapable to be thankful.
Move on and let it be shown,
Your time to waste,
Is yours and no one else to condone.
Stop in the name,
Of your own love to save it.
Life to live has a way to teach,
Reality for what it is.
Without sermons from pulpits.
Or podiums to preach.
And ignorance to keep it seldom rewards,
Long lasting benefits...
That honors kept to encourage stupidity.
Respect to expect it,
Takes effort to endeavor.
And not accomplished without it given.
To guarantee it achieved.
Stop!
In the name of love.
Before you break your own heart.
And...
If you have to think this over?
Do it now!
Don't hesitate to await for change.
You be the change...
To make that difference made!
Take time to celebrate,
The you of who you are!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 1001010 110101101 10101101001 01010111 111111100 11111110 1011010 10010 011111 1110110 111110110 11011011 111101111 1 00111 011111 11111 10101011111 111010111 11111 11 01110101 11 1101001110 1101111 1111 110111101 1001 1111111 11110111 101111 0110110 110011 01001111001 110100 110110100100 011011 1101010 0101001110 101101 1 00111 0111111 0 11111110 111 11010111 1101 1111001 11110 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,400 |
Words | 259 |
Sentences | 42 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 8, 7, 9, 7, 4, 9, 2 |
Lines Amount | 52 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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