Analysis of Wanting What Is Wished
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What is wanted wished to get,
To no longer want.
Should not be the reason to start or begin,
A heated argument.
Or stop anyone from feeling,
Leaving well enough alone.
Whatever goes to show unappreciated.
Time and time again.
Done to expect respect not received,
Why should anyone become upset?
Yet...
Underneath,
One's display of disappointment...
Is a hidden sigh of relief.
To receive that which was wanted wished.
In anticipation to get.
And expected done.
'It's not always about you.
What it is I do.
To make me feel unappreciated.'
'Please!
This act of yours has grown as old,
To see time and time again.
It's not about me.
It is more about you.
Hoping something I do,
Is enough to rush out and tell others...
Whatever it is you do for me,
Goes unappreciated.
Then each time you say,
Don't mention what you've done.
To anyone.
Because all they will do,
Is make a big deal about it.
Although...
Selectively speaking,
You are the one choosing to tell someone.
After claiming,
You rather keep what you do for me.
Unexpectedly.
To keep between us!'
'Yeah, but...
The doing of that you do too well!'
Scheme | AXXBCX DEXA AXBXXAF GGD XXEHGGXHDXFFGXXCFCHHX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110111 11101 11101011101 010100 1110110 1010101 101110100 10101 110101101 11100101 1 01 1011010 10101101 101111101 0001011 00101 111011 11111 11110100 1 11111111 1110101 11011 111011 101011 1011110110 10111111 10100 11111 110111 110 011111 11011011 1 010010 110110111 1010 110111111 0100 11011 11 010111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,128 |
Words | 249 |
Sentences | 33 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4, 7, 3, 21, 2 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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