Analysis of By Choice To Choose
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
I had thought,
Temporarily.
By choice to choose.
I would sacrifice my wants and needs.
With a doing unselfishly,
To assist others having less experience...
In the fields of their interests.
Done I chose to show steps they should take.
On a path that would lead them,
Around corners and obstacles...
To achieve success without stress,
Or needless heartache.
Since I knew who one knows,
Is quite different than what one knows.
And which doors to knock on.
With a getting a positive response.
Especially when it comes,
To putting aside one's arrogance.
And an opportunistic ride,
On someone's coattails.
Quick to name drop.
With a imitation to falsely present,
The having of status and a wannabee prestige.
Those presentations are outdated beliefs.
I had thought temporarily,
By choice to choose.
To share my experiences.
And mistakes I had made they should not do.
Yet as time moved on.
With dreams they wished to come true,
Becoming stronger they wanted to prove...
To themselves and others too.
That they were doing me the favor.
Done to allow me to promote myself!
'Uh...say what?
I'm not one to expose how grand I can be.
Not for free.
Me?
I rather volunteer than to appear,
Over-rehearsed.
And desperate to make,
Attention grabbing entrances.'
Not to know who I do know and knew.
To think me a fool?
Because I want and choose to assist.
Without bragging or saying a word about it.
How I do what I do to get results.
And ensure something with effort,
Endeavored gets done?
Will be accomplished to see it made!
Not talked about.
Day after day after day.
My time is not to waste like that!
Even though I will admit,
Those I have heard to say I am selfish.
Self serving and self centered?
They are absolutely right.
And...
If not for them,
I could or would not enjoy...
The appetite,
I have learned from them to appreciate.
Everyday they stay away doing me the favor!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 0100 1111 11101101 10101 101101010100 0011110 111111111 1011111 01100100 10101011 1101 111111 111001111 011111 1010010001 010111 110011100 010101 111 1111 1001011010 010110001001 101011001 1110100 1111 11101000 0011111111 11111 1111111 0101011011 1010101 110101010 110111011 11 11110111111 111 1 110011101 1001 01011 01010100 111111101 11101 011101101 011011001011 1111111101 00110110 01011 110101111 1101 1101101 11111111 1011101 1111111110 1100110 110101 0 1111 1111101 010 111111010 1011101101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,873 |
Words | 400 |
Sentences | 48 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 1, 10, 8, 4, 7, 10 |
Lines Amount | 63 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 208 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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