Analysis of For The Good

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



From the bad.
And the worst of it experienced.
There is still room to make,
For the good done to do and come.
Feeling improvement.
That this effort endeavored gets better.

Yet...
The best to wish,
In attempts to perfect it?
Could and may cause regret.
Leaving some unsatisfied.
By trying to identify for themselves,
Their interpretation of what perfection is.

And...
May misunderstand to make understood,
For the good?
It is best...
To leave well enough alone.

Done to understand,
Attempts made to achieve perfection...
With efforts endeavored to reach?
Can and could cause,
Defects to go accepted.
In their own condoned mentalities.

Condoning the bad, the ugly.
And the worst of their actions.
To ultimately create,
No one feeling pleased.
Or leave anyone left to appreciate,
A good for them destroyed.
To make worse than ever it was!

'Why...
Could we not leave alone,
What for all of us was good?'

'Too many decided,
That wasn't good enough.'

'Not good enough?
Not good enough for who?'

'For them to make that decision!'

'Why is it always about Them?
Again!'


Scheme XXXXXX AXXAXBX XCCXD XEXFGB XXHXHXF XDC GI IX E XX
Poetic Form
Metre 101 001110100 111111 10111101 10010 1110010110 1 0111 0011011 101101 101010 1101010101 10010110101 0 10011101 101 111 1110101 1101 011101010 11001011 1011 1011010 011011 01001010 0011110 1100001 11101 111011010 011101 11111011 1 111101 1111111 11010 110101 1101 110111 11111010 1111011 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,069
Words 231
Sentences 32
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 6, 7, 5, 6, 7, 3, 2, 2, 1, 2
Lines Amount 41
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Written on June 12, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on June 12, 2022

Modified by lpahtillah on June 12, 2022

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