Analysis of Outlandishness

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



The craze. Madness.
And utter nutless of it all.
Makes for an outlandish recipe.
For a disgusting taste.
That guarantees to leave minds sickened,
With no one left...
Capable to prove,
Their mental state of mind has not been...
Distorted beyond,
A consciousness to claim normal.

'And who in their right mind,
Dares to want it wished to be...
A survivor of such outlandishness.
With that to live through.
Then considered to believe left normal?'

'No need to fear.
I've got just the remedy and cure.
Here,
Take this.'

'A music box?
And rose colored glasses?
What do you expect me to do with them?'

'I'm giving them away.
Until the economy stabilizes.
Now...
If you want to be accepted as normal?
And want it believed,
You have not been affected by the craze?
Wear those glasses.
And carry that music box wherever you go.'

'To prove what?'

'That you have not been affected mentally,
By the outlandishness of all the nutness.
Geessshhh.
You want me to spell it out for you!?


Scheme AXBXXXXXXC XBADC XXXX XEX XEXCXXEX X BAAD
Poetic Form Tetractys  (37%)
Metre 0110 0101111 111010100 100101 10111110 1111 10011 110111111 01001 01001110 010111 1111111 0010111 11111 1010101110 1111 111010001 1 11 0101 011010 1110111111 110101 0100100100 1 11111010110 01101 1111010101 1110 010110101011 111 11111010100 1011101 1 111111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 936
Words 177
Sentences 29
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 10, 5, 4, 3, 8, 1, 4
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 106
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 01, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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