Analysis of Life As Is; Taught To Live
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
People laying on their backs.
Doing that.
And nothing else.
Rush to only sit on their butts.
Can't call them lazy.
Since this is the life,
They've been taught to live.
People saying who did what.
Discussing when and why.
And try to analyze.
Love to keep their noses in stuff.
Can't call them lazy.
Since this is the life,
They only know to live.
No matter what the changes done that come.
These are not the people to know them done.
Can't call them lazy.
Since this is the life,
They only know to live.
People laying on their backs.
Doing that.
And nothing else.
Rush to only sit on their butts.
No matter what the changes done that come.
These are not the people to know them done.
No matter what is happening in the world.
These are not the people,
Who will be disturbed.
And they can't be called crazy.
Since this is the life,
They only know to live.
Oh no no no no no!
They can't be called lazy.
Since this is the way,
They've been taught to live.
No matter what the changes done that come.
These are not the people to know them done.
| Scheme | ABCD EFG xxxx EFG HI EFG ABCD HIxxx eFGxexG HI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111 101 0101 11101111 11110 11101 11111 1010111 010101 01110 11111001 11110 11101 110111 1101010111 1110101111 11110 11101 110111 1010111 101 0101 11101111 1101010111 1110101111 11011100001 111010 11101 0111110 11101 110111 111111 111110 11101 11111 1101010111 1110101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,047 |
| Words | 246 |
| Sentences | 31 |
| Stanzas | 10 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 37 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Written on November 12, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on November 12, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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