Analysis of Whether Conscious Or Not
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Our emotions to have,
Personally to feel them felt.
Comes to be seldom done,
For anyone else to share.
Few among the many we view,
Will give up to stop...
To understand a thing of what it means,
Listening to pay attention...
To the ones who have experienced,
A sacrificing of themselves to others done.
This sacrificing to turn away,
From a selfishness and collected possessions.
To value and prioritize more,
Than proving to another...
That being a human being,
Is both priceless and has a worth...
None of us on this Earth could pay for.
And, yes...
The act of unconcern.
Shown and treated,
By one undeserving of it hurts.
Burns.
To feel and believe,
Their life to live...
Is worthless.
If others make it known to show,
Their minds are focused...
On pretensions made.
Intended to remain and stay as they are.
Whether conscious of this or not!
And...
These are the days and times we live,
Our lives as survivors accepting neglect.
Regardless who observes to witness this.
To deny, delude or live to fiction to accept.
As something else not there,
They would rather make believed!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001011 10001111 111101 110111 10101011 11111 101011111 10011010 101110100 01001011101 11001101 101000010010 11000101 1101010 11001010 11100101 111111111 01 01101 1010 11010111 1 11001 1111 110 11011111 11110 10101 01010101111 10101111 0 11010111 101101001001 0101011101 1010111110101 110111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,084 |
Words | 230 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 7, 13, 7 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 167 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Written on July 15, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on July 15, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on July 15, 2022
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