Analysis of No Wrong Way To Be Right
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
There is no wrong way to be right.
Nor is the time to do and say the right thing,
Wrong.
No.
Today people are often asked,
What do they think about this and/or that.
As long as they do not respond.
But give that, 'Golly gee I wish I knew' look.
If something done to know is wrong,
To observe and see it.
While others quietly stare awaiting,
Who amongst them will dare...
To expose the having of common sense,
Publicly.
'I apologize.
Do mind repeating the question?'
'Not at all.
Here goes...
If you knew your friend was having an affair,
And married with a wife and was down low?
Hooking up with a dude on the side.
That was messing around too!
Would you tell his wife?
Who you were sneaking around with?'
'Well...
I'm glad no one I know has yet to confirm,
Or volunteered to admit to my suspicions!'
'So...
You are saying you would look the other way,
Right?'
'I believe in proper diet.
A daily exercise routine.
Meditating or praying to forgive myself,
From my own lust and temptations.
I may have,
Three or four times a week!'
'So...
You would look away?'
'Yes!
The moment the feeling of guilt,
Leaves me at home singing in the shower!
Knowing there is nothing wrong or right,
If I use my left hand.
I mean...
Isn't satisfaction in the eye,
Of those who are the beholders?'
'Uh...
Makes perfect sense to me.
Who doesn't have a preference?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11011101011 1 1 01101101 1111011011 11111101 11110111111 11011111 101011 1101001010 101111 1010101101 100 1010 11010010 111 11 11111110101 0101010111 101101101 1110011 11111 11010011 1 11111111101 10110111010 1 11101110101 1 10101010 0101001 1001101011 11110010 111 111101 1 11101 1 01001011 1111100010 101110111 111111 11 10010001 111101 1 101111 11010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,362 |
Words | 311 |
Sentences | 38 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 14, 2, 8, 3, 3, 6, 2, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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