Analysis of Competitive Deception
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Living in times to accept,
Competitive deception.
And it known effective.
Lies told to sell sold and done well.
Leaving many left to thirst,
For more fraud and corruption to crave first.
People honest are suspect.
When a doing of good deeds,
Are distrusted to disbelieve.
And those profiled to be followed,
No longer feel safe walking the streets...
In their own communities to be questioned,
By block watchers armed as if the police.
'HEY!
YEAH YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
WALKING THE STREET THIS TIME OF NIGHT.
AND WHAT IS IN THAT BOX YOU CARRY?'
'I am delivering food your family ordered.
You don't remember me?
How about Buffalo wings hot and spicy.
A double order for a family of four.
It was you last week that opened the door.
I see you have your costume on.
I mean...uniform.'
'Oh...
I had forgotten all about that.
Well...
Stay safe.
One never knows whose who these days!'
'Didn't you see me,
Getting out of that delivery car?'
'Yeah but...
One can never trust,
What they see to be for real.'
'I hope that rifle aimed at me isn't loaded!'
Scheme | XXX ABB XXX XXXX XXXXC XCCDDXX XXAXX CX XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001101 0100010 011010 11111011 1010111 1110010111 1010101 1010111 10101001 0111110 110111001 01101001110 1110111001 1 11 11110 10011111 011011110 1101001110010 110101 1011011010 010101010011 1111111001 11111011 11 1 110101011 1 11 11011111 10111 1011101001 11 11101 1111111 111101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,054 |
Words | 235 |
Sentences | 30 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 4, 5, 7, 5, 2, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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