Analysis of Sorrows Borrowed
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Disasters of their own condoned.
To prove this they can do alone.
For power and control to see,
Who does what just as they please.
With closed minds and not with opened eyes.
To see...
Shooting themselves in both feet.
To claim this blamed on enemies.
And that to do they hope to prove...
Someone in the house is threatening,
To tell the truth.
Infighting has begun to ride their backs.
Attacking!
Those they believe deceivers.
Those they perceive disbelievers.
Of their evil tasks.
Infighting has begun to ride their backs.
Attacking!
Even their supporters who endorse,
The plans they have.
An unconcern..
To the people they show.
An unconcern.
To the people who don't know,
They've been misled.
And been mistreated.
By the ones they picked,
To lead with common sense,
Yet none there to be followed.
With competence.
Convinced.
Sorrows borrowed.
The people begin to share.
Sorrows borrowed.
The only thing,
The people are aware that's there.
Borrowed sorrows.
The only thing the people are aware,
Is theirs.
To borrow.
The only thing the people are aware,
Is their...
Sorrows.
The only thing,
People these days now share!
And in denial.
The only thing,
People these days now share!
Two more things,
The people together now share.
Their Lies and deception!
And leave unseen,
Very few exceptions.
Scheme | xxabxaxbxcx DCaaxDCxx EfEfxxxxgxx GhGChiHxfHhiCHxCH xhxxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11111101 11000111 1111111 111011101 11 1001011 11111100 01111111 10011100 1101 101011111 010 11011 11011 11101 101011111 010 101010101 0111 101 101011 101 1010111 1101 01010 10111 111101 1111110 1100 01 101 0100111 101 0101 01010111 110 0101010101 11 11 0101010101 11 10 0101 101111 00010 0101 101111 111 01001011 110010 0101 101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,299 |
Words | 275 |
Sentences | 40 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 9, 11, 17, 5 |
Lines Amount | 53 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 203 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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