Analysis of To Know Not To Know Shows
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
People everywhere making up stuff,
Just to have a truth to crush.
And leaving everyone to distrust,
All...
Reality!
Few today care about others.
And observed to keep...
To their selfish selves.
Yet will spread every rumor and lie.
Heard to hear.
Fearing and threatened when truth is near.
To know not to know shows,
People will follow deceivers...
Who delude.
People will defy and deny,
Anything...
That is true!
Are we,
Caught up and addicted to fraud.
Are we,
Caught up and drugged on fiction.
Are we,
Rule obeyers and lawbreakers...
Determined to have that depiction!
To know not to know shows,
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love.
And crave.
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love,
Everyday!
To know but not to know shows,
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love.
And crave.
We've been fed a bunch of B.S. to love,
Everyday!
But to know,
Not to know it shows!
People everywhere making up stuff.
To know not to know it shows.
People everywhere want truth to crush.
To know this not to know it shows.
People are their own enemies made.
To know this not to know it shows,
Truth to have it real is disbelieved!
| Scheme | Abcxd exxfxx Gexfxx DxDhDeh GIJIKgIJIKxg AgbG xGc |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101011 1110111 01010101 1 10 10110110 00111 11101 1111001001 111 100101111 111111 101101 101 10101001 10 111 11 11001011 11 1101110 11 11010 010111010 111111 111011111 01 111011111 101 1111111 111011111 01 111011111 101 111 11111 10101011 1111111 10101111 11111111 101111001 11111111 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,118 |
| Words | 259 |
| Sentences | 38 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 6, 7, 12, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 43 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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