Analysis of Come On...THINK!

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



We're running out of time.
Come on...THINK!

What do you mean,
You CAN'T THINK?
Do you realize how serious,
This trouble you have us all in?
How do you expect,
Our abilities to defend you...
Will not become a comedy TV series?
To be paid at our expense.
Come on.
Come on...try harder.
Our reputations are on the line,
Trying to provide you some defense.
Listen to me.
And listen to me clearly.
Listen to me good.
YOU HAVE GOT TO HAVE,
AT LEAST ONE LIE LEFT...
YOU HAVE YET TOLD TO TELL.
I am a lawyer and trained to lie.
I can do it in my sleep.
I make them up when I go to pee!
BUT...
YOU, OF ALL PEOPLE ARE SAYING,
YOU HAVE EXHAUSTED ALL YOUR LIES?
THAT'S A LIE.
DO YOU HEAR ME?
DO YOU HEAR ME?!
THAT-IS-A-LIE!!
NOW...THINK!

'I can't.
I'm telling you the truth.
And, I'm trying to do it.
HONESTLY.
Believe me.
But...
I can't!'

I do not believe this.
I was so sure we would win this case.
I promised my mistress,
A trip to the Bahamas.


Scheme xa xabxxxxcxxxcddxxxxexdFaxeDDea GxxddFG xxbx
Poetic Form
Metre 110111 11 1111 111 11101100 11011110 11101 1001001011 110101001110 11111001 11 1110 100101101 101011101 1011 0101110 10111 11111 11111 111111 110100111 1111011 111111111 1 11110110 11010111 101 1111 1111 1101 1 11 110101 0110111 100 011 1 11 111011 111111111 110110 0110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 950
Words 236
Sentences 39
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 2, 29, 7, 4
Lines Amount 42
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 169
Words per stanza (avg) 46
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Written on August 19, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on August 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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