Analysis of Where Is The Substance
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Giving the image.
And presentation of being capable,
Of delivering the substance with it.
Where is the substance?
Where is the meat of it?
Nowhere seen that the image should feed.
To leave the people reaching,
Deep into their nearly empty pockets.
Hoping a dime or two could be used,
By someone they support and endorse,
Telling them to keep their hopes alive.
As this image giver aboards a private plane.
Then observed to see witnessed,
The giver of images lift...
A glass of champagne to toast,
His own good fortune!
| Scheme | ABCDCEFGHIJKLMNO |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10010 0010110100 1010001011 11010 110111 11101011 1101010 1011101010 100111111 11101001 101111101 11101010101 1011110 01011001 0110111 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 518 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 410 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 91 |
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