Analysis of Trained To Lie And Make Excuses

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Uhmmm...
Before you continue on,
With your poetry reading.
Isn't there more you could say,
About people who are trained to lie.
And make excuses?

'I suppose I could.
And I knew that particular poem,
Would be objected by the ones...
Who suspect I am talking directly to them.'

Well?
Are you?

'You folks know yourselves better than I do.
I was invited here to do a poetry reading.
Not listen to deniers.
Read minds.
Nor discuss confessions.
With a promise to keep what I hear discreet!'

Up Pops Buddy's Weasel

'Now...
This poem I recently wrote,
Is about Buddy and his friend Weasel.
And his determination to explain...
Things happen.
Without having control over it.
Since he and Weasel have been together,
Attached.
To notice this all of their lives.
With a feeling of permanence!
But as Buddy grew older,
Weasel also grew more impulsive.
And yes...
Temperamental as well.'


Scheme AXBCXX XADA EF FBCXDX G XXGXXXHXXXHXXE
Poetic Form
Metre 1 0110101 1110010 1011111 011011111 01010 10111 0111010010 11010101 101111001011 1 11 1110110111 11010111010010 11011 11 101010 10101111101 111010 1 11011001 1011001110 010010101 110 011001101 1101011010 01 11011111 10101100 1110110 101011010 01 01011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 877
Words 188
Sentences 27
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 4, 2, 6, 1, 14
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 112
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on August 26, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 26, 2022

Modified by lpahtillah on August 26, 2022

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