Analysis of From Here To Where Now To Go
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
'From here to where now to go?'
A question asked,
By those who followed.
To hear heard these words,
As if surprised...
They were not told to disbelieve,
Lies to tell with skilled expertise.
Not once or twice but repeatedly.
Revealed and exposed all over the place.
In masquerade to charade,
With multiple false faces shown to be faked.
Imitating yet approved and accepted.
From one decade to the next.
And each day continued to allow and expect.
To then ask,
'From here to where now to go?'
Well...
That question to answer,
With sense to make understood to see...
Would be a waste of time,
For the many who remain still disbelieving...
The clues, hints and pinches on their butts.
Will not convince them,
Who or whomever it was they followed...
To the edge of a cliff.
Without observing to witness this.
Should not await for wings.
Or a bridge miraculously built.
Done as promised to believe...
A fool who has the ability to make them fools,
Could also enjoy watching them all...
Destroying themselves from a distance.
'From here to where now to go?'
'Uh...
You talking to me?'
'Uh...
Remember you had been told,
Not only by me but so many others.
To use your mind with opened wide eyes.
And the only thing you wanted,
Was power to rule...
Over the lives of everybody?
Well...
I rather remain an ignored bystander.
However,
I will admit as God is my witness.
To know God works in mysterious ways.
And...
Seeing you all fly to the other side,
Of this canyon will then have me believe...
You people are the chosen ones!'
'Why are you kneeling?'
'I want and pray for your safe landing.
I'm not one to question,
The faith you have in someone you follow.
Who knows...
What power to fiction and delude the truth,
Could be the reality I have been missing.
Oh...
And before you jump,
Let me know.
Okay?'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111111 0101 11110 11111 1101 10111001 1111101 111110100 0100111001 001101 11001101111 1001010010 1101101 011010101001 111 1111111 1 110110 11110111 110111 101010110010 01101111 11011 1101011110 101101 010101101 110111 101010001 1110101 0111001001111 110011011 010011010 1111111 1 11011 1 0101111 11011111010 111111011 00101110 11011 10011100 1 1100110110 10 1101111110 1111001001 0 1011110101 1110111101 11010101 11110 110111110 111110 011101110 11 11011000101 1101011110 1 00111 111 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,813 |
Words | 400 |
Sentences | 48 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 16, 1, 2, 7, 5, 4, 1, 10 |
Lines Amount | 62 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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