Analysis of Attitudes

Charles Fields II 1955 (Fort Bragg, NC)



Peruse any of many
of the everyday sources

Of the commercial
informational discourses

Serving of interests
for the main steam of society

Stroll down the avenue
of many of our fair cities

be shocked/amazed
at ferocity/depravity/audacity,

And outright brutality
of the dictators of the outer worlds

which of course spin
around the center of life

which is your city right!

What happens there stays there …
who cares? After all, it’s a world away

Not on your life
the information highway we see

Hacked, bypassed adulterated
and bushwhacked

Special interest folks
with interests of another kind

A slight of hand
designed to realign and change

The way, you formulate
your minds view of news

But wait, there’s more
just a bit more of your time

Welcome to the conduit of pimped dreams
There for your immediate consumption

The presumption being you have the means
You’re invited don’t get too excited, yet

Take note “exclusive” limited time only. Show

A chance to set aside your dated views

Expert in collection of data of the lost patriots

In the vous of every parley
a personal view

interjected
reflective of the way

Everyone should be!
shamelessly, without a blink

Parade views
as if everything else is just absurd

Using code words to justify
to magnify moods   

Of guilt, shame, and filth
just to name a few  

A “winner” is defined
as someone who identifies

with what is supposed
to be the accepted way

of a perfect saint.

In ways few of us might find …true
But most of us truly …


Scheme AX XX XA BX XA AX XC X XD CA EX XF XX XG XX XX XX X G X AB ED AX GX XX XB FX XD X BA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Metre 0110110 1010110 10010 0100010 10110 101110100 11010 110110110 1101 1010001000100 0110100 1001010101 1111 0101011 111101 110111 1110110101 1111 0010111 110100 01 10101 11010101 0111 01100101 01110 11111 1111 1011111 1010100111 1110100010 0010101101 10101110101 110101001101 0111011101 100010110101100 001110010 01001 010 010101 1011 1000101 011 111011101 1011110 1101 11101 11101 010101 111010 11101 1100101 10011 01111111 111110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,599
Words 327
Sentences 6
Stanzas 30
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 1, 1, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1, 2
Lines Amount 55
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 40
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Written on 2018

Submitted by Charles2 on August 25, 2023

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