Analysis of Why Is It People Wonder
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
They want to be the best clowns.
Uptown, Downtown.
Anywhere around them found.
They want to be the best at getting laughs.
Yet...
Have no clue or hint,
When to quit.
No one,
Can tell stupid people they are stupid.
And beyond belief.
This has been tried.
Too many years attempted.
No one,
Can show stupid people what they do stupid...
Only brings more added grief.
Then stupid people,
Wonder why children of today....
Reflect ways they've been taught to teach.
Then stupid people,
Wonder where the children of today...
Get their ways,
Taught to teach.
And stupid people wonder how,
Children of these days...
Get to be so stupid!
Well...
They have been taught to be fools.
And the best clowns,
Found...
All around.
They have been taught,
To be fools.
And the best of clowns found,
Anywhere around.
They've been made to accept themselves,
To be fools.
And made to accept themselves to be clowns,
Too!
And, people wonder why,
So many clowns are on the loose.
Being fools.
And, people wonder why,
So many clowns are on the loose.
Being fools!
Scheme | axb xxxx CdexdCde Fgh Fgih xid xjabbxJbbxJax KLJKLJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 1111 100111 1111011101 1 11111 111 11 1110101110 00101 1111 1101010 11 11101011110 1011101 11010 10110101 01111111 11010 101010101 111 111 01010101 10111 111110 1 1111111 0011 1 101 1111 111 001111 1001 11110101 111 0110101111 1 010101 11011101 101 010101 11011101 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,044 |
Words | 234 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 8, 3, 4, 3, 13, 6 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on October 16, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on October 16, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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