Analysis of Finally Making Sense
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I have a suggestion.
Instead of taking a different direction.
Why don't we keep doing what we do.
Repeatedly.
Over and over again.
Until the desired solution is reached.
'What a brilliant idea.
Finally someone is making sense,
Around here.'
Although,
I must confess and admit...
A proposing of one exception.
'Oh?
And...
What would that be?'
I know this may sound a bit crazy.
But...
Why don't we start,
From where we ended that very last time.
To practice making backward steps.
With a determination to recognize,
A familiarity of our surroundings.
'Go ahead, continue, don't stop.
I'm loving this!'
Then...
There may be a possibility,
We might even realize...
Something being done,
Is not moving us towards...
That successful outcome we expect.
And...
Where we began to begin,
Is a repetition that receives the same results.
However...
Achieved in a different and unique way.
'You...
Are most definitely a genius.
Why did you not suggest this before?
What you have proposed,
Would have save us much wasted time.'
Well...
Honestly?
I didn't think in your position of leadership.
You would be receptive and open,
To doing the same thing over and over again.
But with a fresh outlook.
Yet in a different way.
That gets the same results you prefer.
'Don't be ridiculous.
Come on.
What makes you think I am not open minded?'
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Metre | 110010 011100100010 111110111 0100 1001001 01001001011 1010010 10011101 011 1 1101001 001011010 1 0 1111 111110110 1 1111 1111011011 11010101 100010110 00100110010 10101011 1101 1 11100100 111010 10101 1110101 10101101 0 1101101 100101010101 10 01001000011 1 111000010 111101101 11101 11111101 1 100 110101010110 111010010 1100111001001 11011 1001001 110101101 110100 11 11111111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,330 |
Words | 286 |
Sentences | 43 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 3, 3, 3, 7, 2, 11, 5, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 51 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on May 09, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 09, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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