Analysis of Amnesia Awaits My Visit
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Has anyone ever heard,
Of someone who had been threatened...
By another in coma.
Laying peacefully enjoying it.
Yet seems to begin becoming irritated.
And tired of those,
Repeatedly telling them told...
To snap out of it!
Then to witness this comatose victim reveal,
A preference to have had amnesia.
As to tell those to pretend not to know,
Where to go, what to kiss and when.
'He's moving. He is opening his eyes.
Thank God he survived,
That nasty fall down the stairs.
He is whispering.
Let us listen closely.
Speak to us. We are here to hear your words.'
'I...wish...you...joy...happiness...and love.
Done...to do...as...far away...from me...
As you...possibly...can.
Done to leave me...as you...always...do.
To ignore...like...before...you thought...
I was...about to...die!'
'What an unusual request.
I suspect he has acquired amnesia.'
'Not...yet...I am...doing...my best,
To...achieve...that...now...idiots!'
'That fall!?
Had to have been very severe.'
'Apparently...not...severe...enough!
Oh!
It's all coming back to me now.'
'What is, my brutha?
Share we it us your vision.'
'You are not idiots at all.
Just fools.
I now must apologize.
Amnesia awaits my long and welcomed visit!'
'This nonsense is crazy!'
'Please...do not...recommend...or suggest,
It...become...normalized.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101 1111110 1010010 101000101 11101010100 01011 01001011 11111 11101101001 0100111010 1111101111 11111101 1101110011 11101 1101101 11100 111010 1111111111 11 1111 11 11111 111 111 1101001 10111010010 111 1 11 11111001 1 1 11101111 1111 1111110 11110011 11 111010 010011101010 110110 1101 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,244 |
Words | 232 |
Sentences | 72 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 6, 6, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 1, 2 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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