Analysis of Rushing To End Lives
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
People are rushing to end their own lives.
With a deceiving themselves.
And denying the failure of living lies.
Prioritized with a maximizing to address,
A keeping up of appearances.
To satisfy,
A qualifying social acceptance.
Wanted to meet the scrutiny of approval.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011011111 1001001 00100101101 0101010011 010110100 110 010010010 101101001010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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