Analysis of Advanced B.S.

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Many seem to have accepted and approved,
A doing of advanced B.S.
As if obligated to express and defend,
The withering away of using common sense.
To prefer,
It better to complain,
About their own nonsense to blame...
Not to be theirs to have created.

But for them they do it anyway.
In fear to be subjected to ridicule.
And suspected to be conscious and aware,
Of themselves and others around them...
Objecting to refuse being made fools.
Since this to do would for them lose,
The value of their kept pretentious status!


Scheme XAXAXXXX XXXXAAA
Poetic Form
Metre 10111010001 0101011 11100101001 010001110101 101 110101 01111011 111111010 11111110 0111010110 00101110001 101010011 0101011011 11111111 01011101010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 522
Words 109
Sentences 10
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 7
Lines Amount 15
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 205
Words per stanza (avg) 47
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Written on August 13, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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