Analysis of Letting The Nonsense Go
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
We can't.
Smother to end our animosities.
Too addicted we have become.
To sorrows borrowed and pain to barter,
In exchanged for blame to claim.
And where it can be left to place.
We can not peacefully fall asleep.
Too creative are the threats we make.
Fearing a letting the nonsense go,
Will suddenly lose its valuable time.
In our minds unable to get more tormented.
More twisted and demented.
More crazed, abused and sickened.
To appease our desired wishes,
For more conflict and self inflicting anguish.
We can't.
Find peace.
Without stripping it into pieces.
To achieve the feeling of being victorious!
And then begin we do,
Seeking who to choose as the next enemy.
With a proving of a doing it done.
Letting the nonsense go.
With a proving of a doing it done.
Letting the nonsense go.
With a proving of a doing it done!
Scheme | Axxxxx xxbxccxxxAxxxxxD B D B D |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 1011100100 10101101 110101110 0011111 01111111 111100101 101010111 100100101 1100111001 010101011110 1100010 1101010 1011001010 11100101010 11 11 011010110 1010101100100 010111 10111101100 1010101011 100101 1010101011 100101 1010101011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 829 |
Words | 178 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 16, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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