Analysis of Spoiled Allegiances

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Obtaining wealth and accompanied status.
Given to earn and invested kept to keep.
In places where false faces,
Are not paid to uphold...
Their dignity to identify publicly to preach.
Can be a difficult tightrope to walk.
With it done to prove,
One's integrity means more...
Than things acquired to possess.
Especially if one is known,
To live a spoiled life.
Deluding to fiction a false reality.
Made to believe without being perceived,
As a hypocrite who worships...
The convenience it is to dupe and deceive.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKLMNO
Poetic Form Tetractys  (27%)
Metre 01010010010 10110010111 0101110 111101 1100101010011 110100111 11111 1010011 11010101 0101111 11011 0101100110 1101011001 1010110 00101111001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 510
Words 100
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 15
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 403
Words per stanza (avg) 86
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Submitted by lpahtillah on April 03, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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