Analysis of Terrified!

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



So many have begun to mention,
They are among the ones...
Feeling mentally abused and terrified.
By a truth reducing,
Their fictioned to delude lives.
Much more than ghosts some say they see,
Coming uninvited into their homes.
After midnight.
Making attempts to scare and boo them away.
Yet stay.
Especially early in the morning.
Found to find them dressed in robes.
Wearing slippers and reading newspapers.
Demanding breakfast made.
With freshly brewed Columbian coffee.
And if not that to have them served?
Organically grown green herbal tea will do!

'9-1-1.
What is your emergency?'

'There is a family of ghosts.
Sitting in my kitchen.
Demanding breakfast to be made.
Freshly brewed Columbian coffee.
Or organically grown green herbal tea!'

'I see.
And...
Would they happen to be dressed,
In robes and slippers?
Reading today's newspaper?'

'How would I know?'

'When did they arrive?'

'It was well after midnight.
Uninvited.'

'Who was it that opened the door.
To let them inside your home?'

'Send the police! Send the police!'

'Calm down.
How about...bagels?
The everything bagels.
With veggie cream cheese?'

'Send the police, please.
The ghosts are now looking at me,
Impatiently.'

'I will.
However...
I'm telling you now,
The police on duty,
Are not into donuts.
Only everything bagels.
Spread with veggie cream cheese.
Is this an emergency or not?'

'Yes. Yes. Yes it is.'

'Then...
Just say you've got the stuff.
Lie and no one will know the difference.'

'I'm scared. I'm terrified. I can't do that!'

'Then guess what?'

'What?
Hello?
Hello.
HELLO?!'


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Poetic Form
Metre 110101110 110101 1010001010 101010 111011 11111111 100100111 101 10011101101 11 010100010 1111101 101001010 010101 110110010 01111111 01001110111 1 1110100 11010011 100110 01010111 10110010 1010011101 11 0 1110111 01010 100110 1111 11101 111101 010 11111001 1110111 10011001 11 11 01010 11011 10011 01111011 0100 11 10 11011 001110 11011 101010 111011 111010011 11111 1 111101 1011110100 111101111 111 1 01 01 01
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,569
Words 334
Sentences 61
Stanzas 17
Stanza Lengths 17, 2, 5, 5, 1, 1, 2, 2, 1, 4, 3, 8, 1, 3, 1, 1, 4
Lines Amount 61
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Written on September 13, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on September 13, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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