Analysis of From Whose Perspective
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
From whose perspective,
Is truth taught to teach.
And relied upon to tell it,
Without to fiction or deceive reality.
From where does honesty to mention,
The importance of its significance.
If common sense to use is meaningless.
And thoughtlessness to value,
Has been normalized as life to live.
Today's leaders are picked,
Not for the quality of their competence.
Or mental stability.
Yet...
People living in the comfort of denial,
Accept and believe...
Others of racial and ethnic diversity,
Are the reason and cause to claim it blamed...
Greed to feed it selfishly,
That has created a crisis in the economy.
Is a result not of truth or honesty to speak it.
But an occurrence that ignores,
Who has unpaid debts credited...
To kept pretensions imitating false beliefs.
Taught to teach and endorsed to support.
From whose perspective,
Is a quality of life purposely defective.
And...
With accusations made,
To persuade, erase and eliminate...
The presence of their noninvolvement?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010 11111 00101111 0111010110 111100110 0010110100 1101111100 01110 11101111 011011 11010011100 1100100 1 101000101010 01001 101100100100 1010011111 11111 11010010000100 10011111100111 11010101 11011100 11010100101 111001101 11010 1010011100010 0 10101 101010010 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 982 |
Words | 192 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 15, 6 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 194 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Written on March 16, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on March 16, 2023
Modified on March 30, 2023
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