Analysis of Nobody Knows
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Nobody knows,
Those troubles yet seen.
Nobody knows,
What those troubles may bring.
And...
Nobody knows,
Who is behind the scenes.
Hoping to double up on those troubles.
Can they get a witness?
No!
Can they get a witness?
No!
But, can they get a witness?
No!
Nobody has a witness?
No!
People are made to panic and fear.
That which yet has to appear.
People are made to expect and accept.
Everything rumored heard to hear.
What comes next.
But...
Can they get a witness?
No!
Nobody has a witness?
Noooo!
People everywhere prepare to re-act.
To assumptions that are not facts.
And people everywhere are looking to attack.
What is not close or near their backs.
No.
Nobody knows,
Those troubles yet seen.
Nobody knows,
What those troubles to them bring.
And...
Nobody knows,
Who it is behind the scenes.
Hoping...
What they do will create troubles.
And, nobody has a witness?
No!
Nobody has a witness?
No!
NOBODY HAS A WITNESS?
No!
Yet...
Prepared they are to fear.
Whatever they've heard rumored to hear.
And...
Nobody has a witness.
Nobody has a witness.
Nobody has a witness.
No.
Nobody has a witness!
Scheme | ABAcDAef GHGHgHGH iixjxxGHGb xxxx HABAcDAecf gHGHGHxij DGGGHG |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (27%) |
Metre | 11 11011 11 111011 0 11 110101 1011011110 111010 1 111010 1 1111010 1 11010 1 101111001 1111101 1011101001 1010111 111 1 111010 1 11010 1 101001111 10101111 01010110101 11111111 1 11 11011 11 1110111 0 11 1110101 10 11110110 011010 1 11010 1 11010 1 1 011111 10111011 0 11010 11010 11010 1 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,107 |
Words | 255 |
Sentences | 49 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 10, 4, 10, 9, 6 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Written on September 05, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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