Analysis of Escaping Away
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Escaping away.
From the chase of temptations.
And the ease of them,
Made available to lust.
Is a part of life.
In a culture that invites it.
Honorable are those,
Attempting to keep...
Their hypocrisies discreet and to themselves.
Yet seen and caught,
In darkened corners hoping to protect...
Whatever is left of their self righteousness.
So difficult it is,
Wanting to be above others to perceive...
Their activities are beneath the ones,
Declared to be sinners out to leech.
And not amongst those reflecting perfection.
A perfection to create although dismissed.
When they are observed and witnessed,
Walking around or driving through...
Red light districts.
Searching while seeking to pick up a piece,
Of a one night stand.
Hoping not to be seen,
Doing anything to satisfy a need for trash!
The nastier the better the taste.
And that is the realty,
Hypocrites live when masked.
To eliminate the condoning to censor,
Others incapable to be equally disgusting.
And less fortunate to afford,
To escape away after paying to display...
A heat that rises in the streets.
Sneaking around.
Cheating on their mates.
Or...
Whoever tolerates this arranged B.S.
But can not find between expensive sheets,
Warm welcoming shoulders in cold beds.
Where they live to feel as if a stranger!
No matter how much one begs to pay,
The price to pretend of having interest!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001 1011010 00111 1010011 10111 00101011 100011 01011 11010101 1101 0101010101 1011111100 110011 10110110101 1010010101 011110111 01011010010 0010101101 11101010 10011101 1110 1011011101 10111 101111 10101100111 010001001 0110100 10111 10100010110 10010011100010 01100101 101011010101 01110001 1001 10111 1 010101011 1111010101 110010011 1111111010 110111111 0110111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,355 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 14, 16 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Written on October 22, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on October 22, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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