Analysis of What Brought The Chaos
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Fantastic are the 3-D graphics.
And mesmerizing are the maps.
In olorful easy to follow attacks.
With time and place of them to occur.
But...
Over what done to do and by who,
Invited chaos...
To the,
'GOTTA HAVE MORE HAVOC TO HAVE IT!'
Party.
Wanting a mess already messy.
To become an instructed,
Thorough destruction demolition derby.
Who, whom or what,
Thought such mindlessness made sense?
With a bragging to boast,
Of having physical or spiritual power.
Or both.
Claiming to have a power so great,
To ensure...
A civilized killing of human beings,
Seen to observe on TV screens.
The World over.
Would not be interrupted,
By the marketing to advertise...
The important things.
Like sex enhancing lubricants.
Without such interruptions,
Viewers follow along the carrying...
Of symbolic images.
With mourners declaring them depictions,
Of their own loved ones.
Dead and buried as heros.
Martyrs who chose death over life.
In their attempt to defend and protect...?
'I'm loving it.
In their attempt to defend and protect...
Okay.
Let me have it.
I'm waiting.'
'In their attempt to defend and protect...
Martyrdom?'
'Naw.
No pizzazz.
How about...
SCENES OF SACRIFICIAL VOLUNTEERS.'
'I like it.
Although the emotional,
Heartbreaking tear value is missing.'
'What is it we are celebrating?
Is it the beginning or end of chaos?'
'OH, boy!
Why can't you ask dumb questions,
Like the others attending...
Those press and news conferences!'
'I don't have a degree,
From an ivy league school.
And I don't want to embarrass my parents,
Who paid my tuition and everything else...
To keep my intelligence hidden.
As best as I can.
And away from public scutiny.'
'Well...
They must be extremely proud of you.
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Metre | 01010110 0100101 011011001 110111101 1 101111011 01010 10 101110111 10 100101010 1011010 1001001010 1111 11111 101011 1101001100010 11 101101011 101 0101011010 11011111 0110 111010 10100110 00101 11010100 011010 1010010100 1010100 1100101010 11111 1010110 10111101 0101101001 1101 0101101001 1 1111 110 0101101001 100 1 11 101 1101001 111 100100 10110110 11111100 11001011110 11 1111110 1010010 11011000 111001 111011 01111010110 1110100101 111010010 11111 0011101 1 111010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,634 |
Words | 291 |
Sentences | 50 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 18, 9, 8, 5, 2, 4, 3, 2, 4, 7, 2 |
Lines Amount | 64 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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