Analysis of Checkmate
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Nothing beats the truth,
Than a truth that is.
Checkmate.
Nothing beats a negative,
Than a positive.
Checkmate
And a game to know it on both sides played,
Hoping for a winner to strut away.
Like a peacock proud of feathers displayed.
Is such an old game,
These days.
People are more aware than ever before.
Checkmate.
And...
Awakened with a consciousness,
Beyond closed doors.
Checkmate.
Only those who dabble in conflicts.
Believing themselves above the rules.
Discover too late to find it found,
They were the ones to be the fools.
Up from the bottom to sit on top.
Are the ones once believed to be fools.
Checkmate!
And heads seen bowed no longer drop.
While watched by the others,
Who had laughed nonstop.
As a change in the game,
Began to stun and shock.
Blocking mouths with words to say.
Up from the bottom to sit on top.
Are the ones once played to be fools.
Checkmate!
Rising from the bottom to sit on top.
Are the ones once playing to be fools.
Checkmate.
Rising from the bottom to sit on top.
Are the ones once playing to be fools.
Checkmate!
Are the ones to say they play by the rules.
And...
Checkmate!
That's a...
Check Mate.
Made.
Checkmate!
That's a...
Check made.
Mate!
Scheme | xxA bbA cdcex xAFxxAxgxg HgA hxhexd HgAHGAHGAg FAIacAIca |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 10111 1 1010100 10100 1 0011111111 1010101101 101111001 11111 11 10110111001 1 0 01010100 0111 1 101110001 010010101 010111111 10011101 110101111 101101111 1 01111101 111010 1111 101001 011101 1011111 110101111 10111111 1 1010101111 101110111 1 1010101111 101110111 1 1011111101 0 1 10 11 1 1 10 11 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,194 |
Words | 271 |
Sentences | 40 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 5, 10, 3, 6, 10, 9 |
Lines Amount | 49 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Written on September 20, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 20, 2022
Modified on March 22, 2023
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