Analysis of It's All Hollywood, Baby!
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
From the East Coast.
West, North and South.
Opportunists seek to impress.
And witnessed out and about,
Leeching to reach someone they believe...
Has more to offer.
Than perceived prestigious photo ops!
To live in a house claim to own.
With an expensive car driven.
Showing but unknown,
That too has been leased.
It's all about that Hollywood, baby!
After impressions made.
And to do this done successfully?
Where us the food?
Or at least something that proves,
One's capability to afford more...
Than leftover pizza.
Molding.
In an empty refrigerator to eat.
'Oh...
You know what?
My credit card has been maxed out!
Do you have a few dollars I can borrow?
I made reservations,
At a restaurant for both of us.
And I'm craving the taste for lobster!
What about you?'
It's all Hollywood, baby!
Where impressions are made.
And those behind the scenes,
Are the only ones seen...
Being paid to keep,
Delusions to fiction to stay believed!
It's all Hollywood, baby!
Made to crave what is wished,
That does not in reality...
Anywhere to exist!
Scheme | xxxaxbxcxcx d edxxxxxx fxafxxbx Dexxxx Dxdx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011 1101 0101101 0101001 1111101 11110 10101011 11001111 11010110 10101 11111 110111010 100101 011110100 1101 1111011 101001011 11010 10 0110010011 1 111 11011111 1110110111 11010 10101111 011001110 1011 111010 101011 010101 101011 10111 0101101101 111010 111111 111010 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,042 |
Words | 223 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 1, 8, 8, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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