Analysis of Because Of What They've Heard
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Because of what they've heard.
People are less to think.
Or hear what is said to deeply sink.
In their minds.
Left searching for their purpose.
On the surface close to be found.
People these days are afraid to think.
From fearing pain.
And the truth of reality.
People these days are afraid to think.
And made to believe their thinking stinks.
People rather lie and deceive.
To choose not to offend.
The ones who live to pretend.
People,
Rather lie and deceive.
To the ones kept deluded and fictioned.
Dense.
With no common sense.
Are the ones left fictioned.
And publicly defending,
Their right to pretend.
Because of what they've heard.
It is...
Because of what they've heard.
It's,
Because of what they've heard.
Has more value to them than truth.
Scheme | Abbxxx BxxBx cddxca eeaxd AxAxAx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011111 101111 111111101 011 1101110 10101111 101110111 1101 001110 101110111 011011101 10101001 111101 0111101 10 101001 101101001 1 11101 10111 0100010 11101 011111 11 011111 1 011111 11101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 755 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 6, 5, 6 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on September 20, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 20, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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