Analysis of The Familiar Sounds Of Crickets Heard

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Go anywhere to listen to the words,
Of those enjoying their freedoms.
Some given to them.
Most not to earn or deserve.
With entitlements to sit around.
Throwing trash in the streets.
As they watch and take for granted,
Street cleaners...
Pick up their trash,
Behind where they leave it.

Go anywhere to see,
Urban dwellers living to complain.
About everything.
Including their lives lived in denial.
Done while pointing their fingers,
On a daily basis at others.
Living in the same neighborhoods.
Making efforts to change attitudes.
And mental perceptions.

'They ain't doing nothing.
But trying to be better than the rest of us.
And we do our best to stay down to Earth.'

'But...
What about the things they have done?
For you and others too.
With proof and evidence of it.'

'Like what?
Getting up early to knock,
On company and other business doors.
For more attention to shine on themselves.
Until we notice this feeds their selfishness.'

'Don't you think they are doing it,
To have opportunities created for you?'

'What they do is not enough.
The can do much more,
If they wanted to please us!
We need real change.
And not doors to watch anyone unpaid,
Knocking on them until one they hope...
Finally opens.'

'I agree.
You get no argument from me.
And...
What are you doing for yourselves,
In assisting to have the difference made...
To come even quicker,
Than the ones you sit...
With a passing your quick judgements on!'

No words are heard.
As the Sunset on the horizon,
Slowly begins once again.
Then...
The familiar sounds of crickets to hear.
As if uniting to start their nightly convention.
And those who complain,
Take it from the outside to return inside.
To do what they do best.
Bemoan and groan about their lives deluded.
Without interruption.
Or thoughts to hear of questions asked.
As if they had answers to hear them heard.


Scheme XXXXXXXAXB CDEXAAXXF EGX HIJB HXXKG BJ XXGXLXF CCXKLXBX MINNXIDXXXIXM
Poetic Form
Metre 110110101 11010110 11011 1111101 101001101 101001 11101110 110 1111 011111 11011 101010101 0110 0101110010 1110110 101010110 1000110 10101110 010010 111010 110111010111 01110111111 1 10101111 110101 11010011 11 1011011 1100010101 1101011101 01110111100 11111101 11010001011 1111101 01111 1110111 1111 011111001 101101111 10010 101 11110011 0 11110101 00101101001 111010 10111 101011101 1111 10110010 1001101 1 0010111011 1101011110010 01101 11101110101 111111 01010111010 01010 11111101 1111101111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,846
Words 390
Sentences 48
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 10, 9, 3, 4, 5, 2, 7, 8, 13
Lines Amount 61
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 159
Words per stanza (avg) 36
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Written on August 17, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 17, 2022

Modified by lpahtillah on August 17, 2022

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