Analysis of Unfit

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Dressed to impress.
In suits tailored made.
Giving image and status to address.
Yet...
Intelligence to have it.
A mind to use connected to common sense.
Is not shown to be known,
Publicly expressed.
Without doubt to convince.

Stringed puppets can dance.
Done to forget their heads are hollow.
Or thick as wood.
And painted to represent,
An entertaining human being.
Performing.
With strings pulled.
By someone behind the scenes unseen.

Although muppets,
Not puppets.
Can attract the same audience.
And them distracted.
Even though the muppet,
Sits between two clowns.
Also dressed to impress.
While they support what the muppet says.
With hope the people vote and not notice,
How serious this performance is.
With it wished the people,
Select this nonsense...
As the best,
To elect to represent their interests.
Regardless,
How mentally unfit...
Muppets, puppets or string pullers can be.

Today?
Nearing the year 2023...
Many accept progress,
As a backward movement made.
Paying homage to a past.
To romanticize their ancestors escape,
Away to find a better place to live.
And greeted they were with opened arms.
Not a word of English,
Could they write or read.
Immigrants all.
But...
Of an accepted and familiar ancestry.

Today?
Nearing the year 2-0-23?
TWENTY TWENTY-THREE!
People seek to be entertained.
And not be reminded,
That life to live is serious business.
Once fiction interferes to delude reality?
Truth becomes the threat and enemy to fear!
Making unfit mentalities crazed,
Role models to follow.
And cheered and praised,
As tomorrow's leaders!

What had been yesterday 'unfit'?
Today most are craving,
The appetite to be in the limelight.
Honored for their heroic,
And thoughtless...
Absent of mind use achievements!


Scheme abaxcdxex xfxxggxx xxxhixaxjxxdexjck Lmabxxxxxxxik Lmkxhjkmnfnx cgxxjx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (34%)
Metre 1101 01101 101001011 1 0100111 01110101101 111111 10001 011101 11011 110111110 1111 010101 10101010 010 111 11010101 110 110 10101100 01010 101010 10111 101101 110110101 1101010110 110010101 111010 01110 101 101101110 010 110001 101011111 01 1001 10011 1010101 1010101 101011001 0111010111 010101101 101110 11111 1001 1 110100010100 01 1001 10101 1011101 011010 1111110010 1100110110 10101010011 100111 110110 0101 10110 1111001 011110 01011001 1011010 010 10111010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,735
Words 348
Sentences 49
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 9, 8, 17, 13, 12, 6
Lines Amount 65
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 228
Words per stanza (avg) 47
Font size:
 

Written on November 23, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on November 23, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:44 min read
5

Discuss this Lawrence S. Pertillar poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "Unfit" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 16 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/144773/unfit>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    June 2024

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    14
    days
    21
    hours
    50
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Browse Poetry.com

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    How many syllables an Iambic Pentameter line must have?
    A 12
    B 3
    C 10
    D 20