Analysis of Prime Time
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Prime time to come.
And to pass so many to leave stunned.
By the swift blooming begun.
Between dawn and the rush for noon.
Coming for some much too soon.
As that slow to rise morning Sun,
Begins to wither away...
The appearance of one's youthfulness done.
So many live life to experience the expense,
Of witnessing their desires fade to expire.
Held tightly to hold onto hopes,
Their protesting stays maintaining...
That glow of longevity.
With a moisturizing from a jar sold to deceive.
Like power to have and grab it,
Automatically bestows upon the thieves...
A controlling to rule over others,
With royalty loyal and worshipped...
For all eternity.
Yet...
That isn't the way,
Prime time to watch and witness age.
From one stage of it to another.
Seldom is requested to return to visit.
Unless...
Such an age to notice,
Has kept an effective association...
With crooks and thieves.
Known quietly to finance,
The wicked misdeeds...
Of those behind the scenes pulling the strings.
To allow,
A prime of one's time that has decayed...
To remain as the main source that makes,
The selling of crime, controversy...
Division, conflict and chaos.
Money makers to pocket and profit.
More valuable,
Than the priceless lives lived by humanity.
'What is more valuable in life to have?'
Good credit.
And debts to ignore promising to repay!
'That doesn't make sense.'
Neither does asking anyone,
If they have change for a dollar.
To use where for what and why?
'And...
That has what to do with prime time?'
When gone it's gone.
Only deception to fraud is left.
Keeping the face of it,
Renovated to cover up the B.S. kept faked.
'Ooooo.
Someone woke up,
On the wrong side of the bed this morning.
Huh?'
Don't start winding me up,
With that 'woke' stuff.
That's my problem.
I'm too awake.
And way past my prime.
How about you?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 011110111 1011001 01100111 1011111 11111101 0111001 00101111 1101110100001 110010101101 11011101 10101010 1110100 1011011101 11011011 0100010101 0010111010 110010010 110100 1 11001 11110101 111111010 101010101110 01 111110 1110100010 1101 1100101 01001 1101011001 101 011111101 101101111 01011100 01010010 1010110010 1100 10101110100 1111000111 110 01101100101 11011 1011010 11111010 1111101 0 11111111 1111 100101111 100111 10011010111 1 111 1011101110 1 111011 1111 1110 1101 01111 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,822 |
Words | 389 |
Sentences | 49 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 11, 20, 1, 2, 1, 3, 2, 4, 4, 6 |
Lines Amount | 62 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 126 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Written on May 01, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 01, 2023
Modified on May 02, 2023
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