Analysis of Truth Denied To Accept Lies Believed

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



In normal situations.
When common sense to use,
Commonly does not become a competition.
No one is given permission,
To sit in a position...
Attempting to convince and make true,
That which isn't.
Although it is too often,
That which isn't becomes believed.
Even if known to be a deceiving misdeeds.
Making the possibility,
Of a deception done...
More accepted to respect,
Than a truth produced with evidence to get.
But yet...
It is in the how that truth is introduced.
And depending upon,
The mood and attitude of who provides it...
That leaves many to perceive being deceived,
Is for them more beneficial.

'I have never heard such nonsense in my life.
Listening to people,
Arguing over whether they prefer...
Truth or lies to them told.
Because they have a dislike,
For the speaker?
And how that truth to them was delivered.
To then cheer on a deceiver?
Known to cheat, lie, fraud and dupe!
What in the World is humanity coming to?'

'Well...
No one can be accused,
Of attempting to build bridges...
Over troubled waters!'

'What?
What sense does that make?'

'None.
Now...
Convince me you know,
What the making of sense is.
I dare you to make that attempt!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 010010 110111 10011010010 11110010 1100010 010101011 1110 111110 11100101 101111001001 1000100 100101 1010101 10101110011 11 1100111101 001001 0101011011 11101011001 1111010 11101110011 100110 1001010101 111111 0111001 1010 0111111010 111101 1111101 100110100101 1 111101 10101110 101010 1 11111 1 1 01111 1010111 11111101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,161
Words 248
Sentences 30
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 20, 10, 4, 2, 5
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 177
Words per stanza (avg) 41
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Submitted by lpahtillah on April 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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