Analysis of The Kindness Of Time
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Time given to live it,
Has yet proven a kindness.
To those who find valuable time,
Wasting their minds on whining.
Done to complain each day of the week.
With no rest to get.
Leaving them awake unable to sleep.
And a choosing nothing else to do,
But blame their excuses on others.
Others who refuse,
To waste more of their time...
Finding it their obligation to be patient.
When whiners who complain,
Take it for granted...
A kindness shown to them from others,
Is what others choose to do.
To keep the truth of their miserable lives,
Kept hidden to disguise reality!
'Hi.
So...
How are you feeling these joyful days?'
'Miserable as hell!'
'Well.
At least...
You know better than I do,
About what it is that keeps you happy!'
'And you?
What keeps you so cheerful?'
'Knowing a hell to live it,
Won't have me there repeatedly.
As a regular expected miserable visitor!
And no time of mine do I wish to spend,
Finding more hell to miss as if homesick!
Been there.
Done that.
C-ya!'
Scheme | AXBXXXXCDXBXXXDCXE XXX F FXCE CX AEXXXXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110111 1110010 11111001 1011110 110111101 11111 1010101011 001010111 111010110 10101 111111 10110101110 110101 11110 010111110 1110111 11011110001 11010110 1 1 111101101 100011 1 11 1110111 0111111110 01 111110 1001111 11110100 101000101000100 0111111111 101111111 11 11 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 985 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 27 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 3, 1, 4, 2, 8 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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