Analysis of Haters Wish For Praise
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Haters wish to be praised,
For a doing of it to get attention.
But to mention to ask them,
What have others done...
To have earned the attention,
That to them comes.
Haters can only say,
The only way they can be mentioned...
Is to be noticeably fools.
And who is it that can admit,
Not to witness fools...
Making idiots of themselves.
On a daily basis as if paid for it!
'Why do folks like that act so stupid?'
'Either from inheritance.
Or a monthly allowance.
However...
Only you and I can only afford,
Pay the consequences to stay ignorant!'
'Uh...
Not that I am being,
Sensitive or offended.
But...
Can you use another analogy.
That is more inclusive?
And not exclusively shared.'
'Come on.
You know what I mean!'
'No I don't.
You looked directly at me,
As if I am more stupid than you are!'
'I don't believe you are making,
This into an argument.
When it isn't.
Okay.
I apologize.
Which one do you prefer I call you?
Scheme | XAXAAXBXCDCXD E FFXXG XHEXIXX XX XIX HGGBXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101111 10101111010 1110111 11101 1110010 1111 101101 010111110 11110001 01111101 11101 10100101 10101011111 111111110 1010100 1010010 10 1010111001 1010011100 1 111110 1001010 1 1110100100 111010 0101001 11 11111 111 1101011 1111110111 11011110 1011100 1110 1 1010 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 884 |
Words | 177 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 1, 5, 7, 2, 3, 6 |
Lines Amount | 37 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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