Analysis of Bold and Beautiful
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
So bold and beautiful.
Today...
Are the gifted.
And born blessed with natural talents.
None to which is applied motivation.
Or a discipline that acquires,
An incentive to achieve...
More than looking beautiful.
And bold enough to seek,
Someone on the internet...
That agrees to what they see.
From the waist up approving the makeup.
Adorning a gorgeous face.
Until shown to make known in reality...
How bold someone can be,
To say and have it to believe...
That a beauty to have it,
Is only skin deep!
It takes to hold and feel,
The reality from where...
That true hidden beauty comes.
'Uh...
Forgive my staring.
And I do understand what you said,
About your beauty being...
More than enough for me to handle.
But...
WOW!
My GOD!
I did not expect,
So much of you...
To be that thick with tremendous beauty!'
'I know.
Everyone I meet,
Tells me the same thing.
And...
For whatever the reason,
People find it difficult to appreciate...
The all of me I have to give.
I'm not just a pretty face.
There is more of me deep inside!'
'I realize that. I can tell.
But just how deep within you,
Do you keep what is hidden...
Out of reach?'
'Will you stop kidding like that.
If you're lucky,
I might just keep my hold on you...
Until you will wish never to be let go!
My ecstasy is too blissful to leave.
And...
Where do you think you are going?'
'I...uh...
I'm leaving before,
I get too blissed.
And yelling from your 'overwhelming'...
Ecstasy.
However...
I will say this,
You have been blessed...
With tremendous boldness!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100 01 1010 011110010 111101010 101001010 1010101 1110100 010111 11010 1011111 101101001 0100101 011111010 11111 11011101 1010111 11011 111101 01011 1110101 1 01110 01101111 0111010 110111110 1 1 11 11101 1111 1111101010 11 1011 11011 0 110010 10111001010 01111111 1110101 11111101 1101111 1111011 1111110 111 1111011 1110 11111111 01111101111 1100111011 0 11111110 1 11001 1111 01011010 100 10 1111 1111 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,452 |
Words | 279 |
Sentences | 50 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 21, 11, 9, 4, 7, 9 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 187 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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