Analysis of You Ought Not To Be Naughty
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Power to wish it fails.
I more ways than one.
People who crave a taste for power,
Could spend time locked up in jail!
Dreaming to have that wish prevail.
With a backstabbing done.
Leaving blood under fingernails.
And...
Footprints,
Left...
At the scene of the crime.
And...
From their mouths told lies,
Powerless...
To deny!
That craving...
For power!
To satisfy.
'ooo...
You ought not to be naughty.
ooo...
Is this hatchet yours?
You claimed to have been,
Slicing bread.
With a butter knife.
And now...
Show us your hands.
Expose your wrists!'
'PLEASE! DON'T SLIT THEM, PLEASE!'
'Slit them?
Are you kidding?
This is AMERICA!
We are going to spank them.
Then send you home.
For an overdue rehabilitation.
With two weeks counseling.
And a variety of your favorite desserts.
Where on Earth have you been?
You should know by now...
The value of your status.
And entitlements to receive!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 11111 101101110 1111101 10111101 1011 1011010 0 1 1 101101 0 11111 100 101 110 110 110 1 1111110 1 11101 11111 101 10101 01 1111 0111 11111 11 1110 110100 1110111 1111 111010010 111100 0001001110001 111111 11111 0101110 00100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 843 |
Words | 154 |
Sentences | 38 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 10, 1, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 41 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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