Analysis of Another Day. Another Opinion
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Mmm...mmmmph...mmm.
Mm-mm mmm.
What's wrong with him?
Always there is something he has to say.
But today?
He seems determined,
To keep his mouth shut!
'He called me early this morning.
Claiming,
Whatever it takes he has to find a way...
Not to be provoked,
Into expressing his unsolicited opinions!
I laughed.
And told him that to do,
Would be impossible!'
'So...
Where are you two going now?'
'I drove over to his place.
To pick him up to hang around with us.
Like we always do.
Knocked on his door.
And he had his lips glued together.
Then handed me a note saying,
Take him to the hospital.
Because he wasn't able to say anything,
That was on his mind!'
'For real?
LOL...
Are you serious?'
'I'm telling you.
He was that determined,
Not to be provoked by anyone.
That he didn't realize,
He was not able to eat or drink a thing!'
MMMPH...MMM...MM...MM...MMMMUAH,
MM...AH!
'Oh...I understood that.
Tell him I said...
To keep my mother out of it!'
'He glued his mouth not his ears.
He can still hear you.'
'Well...
Take your time taking him to the hospital.
Before I forget,
How miserable stupidity self inflicted can be.'
'LOL.
Aw...
Are your lips beginning to itch!?
Aw...
LOL.
Poor thing.
LOL...
Go go go.
Another day.
Another opinion not heard to give.
God works in mysterious ways, huh?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 111 1111 111101111 101 11010 11111 11110110 10 1011111101 11101 0101010100010 11 011111 110100 1 1111101 1110111 1111110111 1111 1111 011111010 11010110 111010 01110101110 11111 11 1 11100 1101 111010 11101110 111010 11110111101 1 1 1011 1111 11110111 1111111 11111 1 1111011010 01101 110000100101011 1 1 11101011 1 1 11 1 111 0101 0100101111 110010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,325 |
Words | 312 |
Sentences | 59 |
Stanzas | 12 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 5, 8, 2, 9, 3, 5, 2, 3, 2, 4, 11 |
Lines Amount | 56 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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