Analysis of Crossroads Approach
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Crossroads approach.
And yet close are old conflicts.
Appearing more severe.
In the midst of rapid changes made.
Nearing not to fade.
Making it clearer each day,
The past to have it...
Is no longer here to stay.
Regardless who wishes,
Another way will delay what comes.
Myths to believe,
Them worshipped and obeyed.
Seem to be vanishing from the horizon.
Leaving many doing their best to defend,
Delusion and a fictional way of life.
Nowhere found in biblical scriptures.
Even religious scholars,
Have it difficult these days...
To argue or debate,
Over the wrong or right of truth.
Or what truth is to define its meaning.
A crossroads approaches.
And we all who are blessed,
To witness the effect...
As to what comes next no one expects.
Yet...
Whatever it is that comes to be done,
Will be accepted as is.
Impossible to refuse the magnitude of it.
Leaving behind prophecies.
Myths and ancient beliefs.
We are in the midst,
Of 'something' entirely different.
Putting an end,
To all the created to tolerate...
Man-made B.S. for a fresh outlook.
That may or may not,
Scare us all into a disbelieving belief!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101 0111101 010101 001110101 10111 1011011 01111 1110111 010110 010110111 1101 110001 11110010010 10101011101 01000100111 11010010 1001010 1110011 110101 10011111 1111101110 01010 011111 110001 111111101 1 101111111 1101011 010010101011 1001100 101001 11001 1100100100 1011 110010110 1111011 11111 111010001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,069 |
Words | 193 |
Sentences | 29 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 11, 10, 7 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 216 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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