Analysis of Not The Last Time Heard
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Locked together in division.
With no decision to agree.
Many in positions of leadership,
From different demographics...
Selfishly to represent,
Promises made to their constituents.
And on and on goes pointless arguments.
Debated to increase,
The turning up the heat!
With a keeping to believe,
What they do is not defeating.
Yet...
This is not the last time nor is it the first,
Heard to hear repeated.
As if to quench thirst,
To need and rehearse the cursing of words.
Imploding leaving everyone left to moan.
Imploding left to leave everyone to groan.
When has it been a down to stay.
To remain that way not go up one day.
Many are made to believe what they see.
However isn't history created to deceive.
Until all the people want their wishes,
Received.
This is not the last time nor is it the first.
Heard to hear repeated.
Dreams to wish them wanted,
Takes effort to endeavor.
For them to come and get.
Without the promises,
Made from others to represent.
But then time spent,
For others to deliver...
What they say to believe it meant,
Is a disappointing way to stay...
Imitating conflicts.
And division to follow and remain to obey.
This is not the last time nor the first repeated.
People who allow their minds to be used.
Can expect more of their lives to be abused.
By others who introduce,
Conflict and confusion.
Done with amusement and making fools.
Until the people shake awake,
To accept the proof of truth kept pursued.
'But...
What is the truth?'
'Research to seek it with a thirst first.
Research it.
Lonely is the journey.
Yet lessons will be learned to earn them.
Researching,
May hurt...
Accepting beliefs deceived!'
'But...
I am not rhymically inclined!'
'Your rhythm and mine,
Are quite different!
No one I know has been born the same way!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10100010 11010101 100010110 1100010 1101 1001110100 0101110100 010101 010101 1010101 11111010 1 11101111101 111010 11111 1100101011 0101010111 0101111011 11110111 1011111111 1011101111 1010100010101 0110101110 01 11101111101 111010 111110 1101010 111101 010100 1110101 1111 1101010 11110111 10010111 10001 0010110001101 111011101010 1010111111 10111111101 110101 100010 110100101 01010101 1010111101 1 1101 011111011 011 101010 110111111 010 11 0100101 1 111101 11001 11100 1111111011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,788 |
Words | 384 |
Sentences | 47 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 10, 2, 6, 7, 6, 1, 7, 2, 7, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 59 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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