Analysis of Trite Expressions
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What words can be said,
To those whose lives...
Have been victimized.
By lies told?
'I understand how you feel.
But don't forget,
Wounds upon those inflicted.
Done to appear as they will to show.
Someday...
They just may go away.
Not to be noticed at all.
And no one will know,
How long it took you to heal.'
'Thank you for your comments.
I'll keep that in mind.
The next time my doctor,
Prescribes my pain medication.
And I am at the pharmacist,
Insisting...
I am exempt from paying a co-pay.'
'Well...
Thank God you appear,
As if nothing at all...
Has affected your mind.'
'You have no idea,
How grateful I am...
To leave that impression with you!
God is so good.'
'All the time.
Enjoy your day.
And remember...
Blessed are the ones,
Capable to forgive and forget...
All the B.S. to them done.'
'You have no idea,
How God keeps me reminded.
In ways,
I can not find the right words...
To make them understood.
So I keep my mouth shut.
That's how good I know God is!
Scheme | xxxx abxcddeca xfghxxd xxef Ixxj xdgxbh Ixxxjxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111 1111 11100 111 101111 1101 1011010 110111111 1 111101 1111011 01111 1111111 111110 11101 011110 0111010 01110100 010 1101110011 1 11101 111011 101011 111010 11011 11101011 1111 101 0111 0010 1101 100101001 101111 111010 1111010 01 1111011 11101 111111 1111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 926 |
Words | 188 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 9, 7, 4, 4, 6, 7 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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