Analysis of Make Clearer The Picture

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



The only picture intended,
Not to paint a thousand words heard.
Is the one that is meant,
For an imagination to use.
To leave what is missing.
Meant to intend,
Not to expose too much...
About the painter to assume,
There is nothing more to say or left...
Only the curious would ask.
If...
They had the interest enough.
That could possibly develop,
Into a meaningful relationship.

'Excuse me.
That picture you painter?'

'Yes.
What about it?'

'Is there a reason why,
It lacks emotional intimacy?'

'You noticed that?'

'Of course.
It's too obvious to me,
That's the only thing missing.'

'And...
Is that what your missing,
Personally?'

'Why would you ask something like that?'

'Curious.
Interested.
And attracted to what you haven't said.
With words to paint a clearer picture!'

'But...
I am not the artist.'

'Yet...
We both have equal needs.
Do we not?'

'Yes.
We do!


Scheme axxxbxxxxxxxxx cd Ex xc f xcb xbc f xaxd xx xxx Ex
Poetic Form
Metre 01010010 11101011 101111 11001011 111110 1101 110111 01010101 111011111 10010011 1 1101001 11100010 010100010 011 110110 1 1011 110101 1101001000 1101 11 1110011 1010110 0 111110 1000 11111011 100 100 0010111101 111101010 1 111010 1 111101 111 1 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 830
Words 161
Sentences 32
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 14, 2, 2, 2, 1, 3, 3, 1, 4, 2, 3, 2
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by lpahtillah on August 29, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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