Analysis of Thoughtlessly Deceived
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Forgiveness given to get and receive,
Is as much a part of life...
To expect.
Like lies to tell repeatedly.
No matter how rotten to the core,
The deceiver may be.
Denial is a practice perfected,
And a justified alibi...
For hypocrites rushing quick to lie.
Although being held accountable,
Is as rare these days to hear confessed.
Without pressure to address,
One's integrity to protect.
It sometimes will take,
Wanting a price to have it paid.
And not a forgiveness given to get.
Since what one does,
Deliberately done to do to another...
Will never heal who has been victimized.
Regardless how exorbitant,
That price has been judged...
To assist the mending,
Of one's wounded memory.
'Even though it is known,
The millions of dollars...
You have been awarded,
For your unjustified agony inflicted.
It is the hope,
Your suffering has not been in vain.'
'Hey...
You know,
I had at least expected an apology...
For what was done to me.
However...
My forgiveness given to give it,
Will long be forgotten by them to remember...
Than it will take me,
To spend the money I intend that prolongs...
My healing to mend,
From a forgiveness I gave to them.
And...
Plucked with a payment from their pockets.
Bringing a lifetime of tears to their eyes.
Not mine to have been the judge or jury!'
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Metre | 0101011001 1110111 101 11110100 110110101 0111 0101010010 001010 11010111 11010100 111111101 011011 10100101 10111 10011111 0100101011 1111 010001111010 1101111100 01010100 11111 101010 1110100 101111 010110 111010 11010100010 1101 110011101 1 11 111101010100 111111 10 101010111 111010111010 11111 11010101101 11011 100101111 0 110101110 100111111 1111101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,285 |
Words | 273 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 14, 6, 15 |
Lines Amount | 44 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 246 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 57 |
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Written on April 19, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on April 19, 2023
Modified on April 20, 2023
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