Analysis of Failure To Administer A Deserving Meant
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Failure to administer,
A deserving of punishment...
The moment it is needed,
To apply and implement?
Has been a policy followed,
Increasingly to prevent meaningful discipline.
Ruining the minds,
Of rude and disrespectful children.
Today, now the parents of uninformed,
Juvenile delinquents.
Sitting in crowded courtrooms,
In suburban towns.
Awaiting for a judge to make a decision...
As to whether a sentence given,
For crimes committed is too severe.
While parents listening in denial,
Of having anything to do...
With their children's behavior.
Then to plead to a judge for leniency.
'You folks refuse to acknowledge,
To have been a catalyst to your sons'...
Attitudes and indignant behavior?'
'We had nothing to do,
With their theft of catalytic converters.'
'Unfortunate remain the minds,
Of homegrown criminals.'
'It's much better than what is sold today.
And...
Approved by the government.'
'Dare I ask?
What is today,
Not as good as it was yesterday?'
Scheme | ABXBXCDCXXXXCCXXEAX XXA EX DX FXB XFF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010100 00101100 0101110 1010100 11010010 0100101100100 10001 11001010 011010101 100010 100101 00101 010101110010 111001010 110101101 1101000010 1101011 1110010 1111011100 11011010 1110100111 100010010 111011 1111010010 01000101 111100 1110111101 0 0110100 111 1101 11111110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 987 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 19, 3, 2, 2, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 125 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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