Analysis of Contradict Dictions
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Contradict dictions,
To choose them and mention.
May be one's purpose to fiction,
For attention.
Yet those who use minds,
To think and define...
Words meant to twist.
Know them to contradict,
To undo a truth to confuse those to trick!
I am not stupid.
Or one fooled.
Nor am I a dunce.
I'm simply someone who sometimes,
Is naive.
And I could care less,
Who believes me deceived.
When my dog bites.
As I sleep nights.
I know she wants to pee.
So I simply get out of bed,
Then go to the door.
And this is her favorite thing!
'Have a merry piss, Miss!'
| Scheme | ABBB AXXXX XXAAXAX AAXXXX A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011 111010 11110110 1010 11111 11001 1111 11101 10101101111 11110 111 11101 1101101 11 01111 101101 1111 1111 111111 11101111 11101 01101001 101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 557 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 17 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 7, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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