Analysis of With Kept Wishes To Want
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What it is I may want.
With kept wishes to get.
And what it is,
Today on your list of needs...
Has for me,
Left that much more of a priority.
Than continuing to feed,
My own selfishness to please.
Of a getting what I wanted.
To then done not to need.
But...
Eventually leave for something else to want.
It occurred to me just recently,
Your needs have yet to come to be pleased.
Forgive my assumption but this I perceive.
And for whatever the reason,
This bothered me consciously.
To leave me to do something about it.
Immediately.
'Hi.
What a surprise.
I didn't expect you,
At my door to arrive.
Wassup?
Is there something you would like,
Me to do for you?'
I...I...
Here!
I want you to have this.
'You don't have to do this.'
'Give to me what it is you may need.
Packaged and wrapped.
And unopened to see.'
This I give,
Is not a need.
But a want to do for you.
I too believed I needed.
But...
Perhaps you can better use?
'I can.
But...
You can too.
Can't you?'
I could.
If to me it was more of a need.
And not a want to satisfy temporarily.
'I'm confused.
Although appreciate what it is this you do.
Yet...
Tell me,
What is the difference?'
The difference?
Hopefully there will come a day,
That difference made to make...
Will be clearer without explanation.
And for you made understood.
To understand what this is even better!
Without explanation to get it,
Neither to want nor need.
'Hmmm.
Thank you.'
That's exactly,
What I needed.
From you heard and wanted to hear.
Your words to say them are most welcomed.
'Hmmm.
Are you sure you're feeling okay?'
I am feeling miraculously fabulous!
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Metre | 111111 111011 0111 0111111 111 1111100100 1010011 1110011 10101110 111111 1 010001110111 101111100 111111111 01101011101 0110010 1101100 1111110011 01000 1 1001 110011 111101 1 1110111 11111 1 1 111111 111111 111111111 1001 001011 111 1101 1011111 1101110 1 0111101 11 1 111 11 11 111111101 01011100100 101 1010111111 1 11 110100 0100 10011101 1100111 111001010 011101 1011111010 01010111 101111 1 11 1010 1110 11101011 111111110 1 1111101 111001000100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,615 |
Words | 384 |
Sentences | 58 |
Stanzas | 15 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 7, 7, 3, 1, 3, 6, 4, 3, 5, 8, 2, 4, 2, 1 |
Lines Amount | 68 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on July 18, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on July 18, 2022
Modified by lpahtillah on July 18, 2022
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