Analysis of A Mutual Effortless Process

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



There is quite a difference between,
Getting attention.
And bringing it to give...
A subject or situation.
Most will overlooked purposely to ignore.
Or hopefully to continue to go unmentioned.

There is a difference.
Since someone not seeking,
For themselves attention to get.
May prefer the subject or situation,
Left as is to prioritize a meaning meant.
With content.
Most would purposely prefer to ignore.
Yet...
Confronted to have it mentioned.
Could and would at times like these,
Be perceived...
As a doing of it,
Had the intention to get attention anyway.

And yet...
Either or,
Or neither nor...
Would still apply to satisfy,
The doing.

'So...
For clarity reasons,
Is the getting or giving of an attention...
The focus to wish it obtained?'

'On what?
If you don't mind me asking.'

'It all depends,
On which explanation...
You would rather accept to avoid confusion.
But remember this,
Giving anything attention just to do it done...
To expect benefits of it to come?
May not achieve,
Whatever it is...
You anticipate to await it happening!'

'What is this all about?'

'Getting from others to want it given.
And giving to them without seeking to get.
To leave an exchange,
That is eventually determined to be...
Both mutual and effortless in the process.'

'A process that is mutual.
In an effortless exchange to know it done.
It is not always in the getting,
That pleases more the giver!'


Scheme XAXABC XDEAFFBECXXXX EBBXD XXAX XD XAAXAXXXD X AEXXX XADX
Poetic Form
Metre 111010001 10010 010111 0011010 1110100101 1100101011010 110100 11110 10101011 1010011010 11110100101 110 1110001101 1 01011110 1011111 101 101011 100101101010 01 101 1101 1101110 010 1 110010 101011011010 01011101 11 1111110 1101 11010 111001101010 10101 101001011111 1011001111 1101 1011 10101011100 111101 1011011110 01011011011 11101 110100001011 11000100001 0111100 01100011111 11110010 1101010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,428
Words 302
Sentences 39
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 6, 13, 5, 4, 2, 9, 1, 5, 4
Lines Amount 49
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 119
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Written on August 17, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 17, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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