Analysis of Growing Older
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
To me growing older is the mystery.
Observing to witness the difference between,
Truth and what is considered reality.
Depends upon,
Who accepts what to live.
Protect and defend it.
Within an environment to share and compare.
Limited to restrict,
To boundaries of comfort zones.
Fenced or gated to warn not to trespass.
Like beliefs taught them to teach.
Until we dare ourselves to explore.
And adventure nagging curiosities.
To then discover,
Lies told, deceptions to live them.
With fiction to delude and deny,
What has been taught to teach and learn...
Is beneficial to making excuses.
Done to use alibis to not expect,
Them accepted as a part of life.
Believe it or not...
Liars who deceive,
Are often heard calling deceivers to be liars!
And...
As I grow older?
Common sense to have,
Is nothing more than patience to tolerate...
Nonsense to witness and observe it more!
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Metre | 11101010100 010110010001 101101010 0101 101111 010011 011010011001 100101 11001101 111011111 1011111 0111001101 0010100100 11010 11010111 110101001 11111101 1010110010 111101101 101010111 01111 10101 11011011110 0 11110 10111 1101110110 1011000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 880 |
Words | 181 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 10, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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