Analysis of Driven To Madness
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Slowly driven to madness.
And comforted in zip codes known.
As to whom or who it will be,
To most likely enjoy the ride.
Abnormally dysfunctioned mentalities sit,
High and in once respected positions.
Come together incompetently,
Deciding to please...
Those wealthy by making their wants,
Not to need top priority.
With a selling of their souls for the right price.
All have their hands,
In the pockets of corrupted fraud.
Disobeying rules to laugh at following laws.
And...
Satisfied they are,
To be slowly driven to madness.
While pledging their loyalty to money.
Easy to obtain,
When no one questions...
The health of one's brain or mental stability.
Slowly driven to madness.
And slowly driven right out of their minds.
From comforted in zip codes known,
As to who or whom awaits for the ride.
To be dressed to impress inside.
Awaiting to be driven to madness.
And selling souls to exchange for gold.
Awaiting to be driven to madness.
As they tell more lies to hear them told.
Scheme | Abcd xecxxcxxxx xxacxec Axbdd AfAf |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110 01000111 11111111 11100101 0100111 1001010010 101001000 1011 11011011 11110100 10101111011 1111 001010101 01011111001 0 1011 111010110 1101100110 10101 11110 011111100100 1010110 0101011111 11000111 1111101101 11110101 0101110110 010110111 0101110110 111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 985 |
Words | 203 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 10, 7, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 155 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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