Analysis of If What Was Said

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



If what was said,
Had been clearly heard to hear.
Correctly appropriate.
Without exaggerations to embellish them.
Honest.
And truth filled.
Full to the brim.
With a rimming of that brim,
Done to do to use one's fingertip to lick it.
Direct.
From one's mouth to another to get.
Leaving,
Maybe...
One or two who listen.
Sitting in disbelief.
Astonished and shocked.
That not one word picked to select.
Began nor ended with B.S.

Even though admittedly so,
Nothing said...
Made sense enough to remember it.
Then left wondering why anyone,
Took the time of theirs to waste.
Intentionally to bore,
Listeners awaiting to criticize...
Something said intentionally inappropriate.
Obnoxious.
Sarcastic and meant to be controversial.
Stinging.
Judgemental.
And flavored with hints of self-confidence.
Not heard at all to be said.

Now...
Who would choose to go out of their way,
To not say to disappoint...
What has been anticipated not to hear heard,
A word of it in a disgusting....
Yet memorable appalling direction.


Scheme AXXXXXBBCDXEXFXXDG GACFXXGCGHEHGA XXXXEF
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 1110111 0100100 01001010101 10 011 1101 101111 11111110111 01 111101011 10 10 111110 10001 01001 11111101 0111011 10101001 101 110110101 11100110 1011111 0100011 100010110 101010000100 010 0100111010 10 010 0101111100 1111111 1 111111111 111101 11101001111 011100010 11000010010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,009
Words 205
Sentences 31
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 18, 14, 6
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 263
Words per stanza (avg) 55
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Written on July 19, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on July 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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