Analysis of Chasing Fiction
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
It doesn't take a struggle,
To observe and witness.
The many caught up,
In a rat race chasing fiction.
Wishing upon the sight of falling stars.
And rainbows after rain.
Hoping to discover a pot of gold.
Deluded and sold in their minds to behold.
No!
Yet,
Such stories told stay embedded.
Cemented.
Chipping away truth and reality to fear.
Chasing fiction,
Has been a successful seduction.
An invention of every aspect of life.
Intended and meant to remove the truth.
As a useless tool.
Only fools would pursue as beneficial.
With the producing of unneeded,
Consciousness.
Although,
Leaving many left to wonder why...
Common sense and its effectiveness,
Has gone to nolonger exist!
And unfortunate it is,
They are the same ones who permitted...
The normalizing of sick mentalities.
Roaming around everywhere to see,
Their destructive activities.
Accepted to suspect,
Those who live refusing to be deceived.
Are the culprits.
Culprits determined,
To threaten the quality of fiction.
Chased.
And creators of this maddening race.
Embraced.
Until left is only reality and truth to face!
Leaving the ones out of their minds,
Behind to find...
Others ways to defend and protect,
Themselves from being subjected...
From the overwhelming presence,
Of reality and truth.
Unexpecting the popularity of both,
Would receive and get...
More attention and respect,
Than lies to tell and sell so well...
These days of awareness more craved!
'Uh...
Why are you not in the race,
Like others chasing fiction?'
'Oh that?
That is not as satisfying,
As what I have discovered...
In my mind to begin to slowly appreciate.
And believe it or not,
The taste of it I have begun to crave.
You should try it!'
'Where can I get something I can not see?'
'Stand here with me for a few minutes.
And open your eyes very wide.
The presence of truth and reality?
Is all the place.
The smell and the aroma of it,
You will find, eventually...
Too irresistible to refuse.'
'Maybe some other time.
Right now,
I have found it better for me...
If I keep up with appearances to chase.'
'Hey...
I stopped making that choice.
When I recognized myself the one,
Volunteering to be victimized.
Look.
Over there.
Go ahead and join them.'
'To do what?'
'Fighting over pretensions to make.
And who is more qualified to do it best!
Be my guest.
I want be envious or jealous.
That I will promise you!'
Scheme | ABXCXXDDE FGHX CCXIXAGB EXBXXHBJXKXX XCLMLMXXKGXIXFKXX XMC XXXXXXN J XXJMNJX XXJM XXCXXXX X XOOBX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (35%) |
Metre | 1101010 101010 01011 00111010 1001011101 01101 1010100111 01001011101 1 1 11011010 010 1001101011 1010 110010010 10101100111 0100110101 10101 1011011010 100101010 100 1 101011101 101010100 111101 0010011 110111010 0100111 10011011 10100100 010101 1110101101 1010 10010 1100100110 1 0010111001 01 011110100111 10011111 0111 101101001 01110010 1001010 11001 10010011 10101 1010001 11110111 11101011 1 1111001 1101010 11 1111100 1111010 011101110010 001111 0111110111 1111 1111101111 111110110 01011101 01011010 1101 010001011 11101000 10100101 101101 11 11111011 11111010011 1 111011 1110101 01011100 1 101 101011 111 101001011 0111101111 111 111100110 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,361 |
Words | 502 |
Sentences | 64 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 4, 8, 12, 17, 3, 7, 1, 7, 4, 7, 1, 5 |
Lines Amount | 85 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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