Analysis of It Matters Not
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Does it really matter?
Who has been discovered victimized.
By deceivers skilled,
To create and produce outrageous lies.
Successfully to scrutinize,
Those alleged...
To have been less than wholesome folks.
And accused by the ones,
Cruising through all neighborhoods.
Provoking those innocent.
In the hope they will re-act,
To their old demeaning ethnic jokes.
Does it matter that people like this,
Are the cause and reason...
Of today's racial conflicts.
To reveal them to be,
Controllers ruling...
Over their own mental instabilities.
A quality of life,
Heard to hear diminishing.
Only takes observation,
To notice who is chewing apart...
Once beloved foundations,
From the inside and not out.
Although it matters not,
To the ones seeking to claim...
Others are the culprits.
With their fingers pointed.
Done not to themselves.
But to everyone else.
As if a custom taught to do.
Does it really matter?
Who has been revealed to fraud.
Lie, cheat and deceive.
Duping confused people into believing,
Their quality of life...
Is being threatened by fictioned enemies.
The very same 'enemies',
Who had pledged to them a loyalty.
And does it matter at all,
That our friends, family members...
Neighbors and associates to know.
Have been made to distrust,
Others, us and including themselves.
Because of liars, deceivers...
Who have told to have it sold,
Everything people wanted to hear.
But not truth,
Taught to fear it heard.
'That's messed up.'
'It matters not.
To the ones,
Paying to create havoc.
And enjoyed by the thoughtless.
Hoping 'bling' possessed impresses!'
'Come on.
Stop your exaggerations.
People today,
Are much more aware.
Enlightened.
And awakened to see the light.
People are much more conscious today!'
'Well...
One thing to me is obvious.'
'Oh yeah?
And what is that?'
'It matters not.
Since what is happening to us all.
Happened overnight.
And dropped out of a gloomy,
Darkened and cloudy sky.'
'For real?
Tell me you're joking.'
'I am.
I can't believe you can't see me,
Laughing hysterically!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111010 111010100 111 1010010101 0100110 101 11111101 001101 101110 0101100 0011111 111010101 111011011 101010 1011001 101111 01010 1011100100 010011 1110100 101010 110111001 101010 1001011 11101 1011011 101010 111010 11101 11101 11010111 111010 1110111 11001 1011001010 110011 1101011100 0101100 111110100 0111011 110110010 100010011 111101 101001001 011101 1111111 10101011 111 11111 111 1101 101 1010110 0011010 10101010 11 110010 1001 11101 010 00101101 101111001 1 11111100 11 0111 1101 111100111 10101 0111010 100101 11 11110 11 11011111 10100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 2,028 |
Words | 421 |
Sentences | 57 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 6, 13, 8, 10, 1, 5, 7, 2, 2, 5, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 76 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 120 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted by lpahtillah on January 19, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on January 19, 2022
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