Analysis of Growing Older Thing
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Listen.
Pay attention and learn something.
'I'm all ears.'
Remember,
You mention that.
This has nothing to do,
With your physical appearance.
Get away from that petty stuff.
That's all it is.
Petty.
Anyway.
If nothing else.
There is one thing I have come to discover,
About this growing older to age thing.
That it is never too late,
To make excuses for myself.
With that to choose to say,
I had a difference of opinion made.
And also a right to decide,
If I am a fool or not.
That choice is mine to have earned.
'You by now at your age,
Should be knowledgeable and wise.
Sharing your wisdom,
With younger people like me.'
I know.
SURPRISE!
Have you ever been my age before?
'Of course not.
What kind of question is that to ask?'
I've never been this age before either.
Talking about expectations?
What a disappointment!
However...
Such a joy and pleasure I get,
From doing and saying what I want.
And guess who could care less?
If I am a fool or not to call me crazy.
Take a guess.
'I don't know?
No good am I at these 'pop' quizzes.'
I understand.
And neither am I a biologist.
'What sense does that make?'
None.
Are you listening?
'I'm doing the best I can!'
Well anyway,
Before being rudely interrupted.
It will always be young people like you.
Who believe to know all there is,
About life.
To have not lived long enough to call,
Anyone an idiot, ignorant...
Stupid or a fool.
That's what I do.
To please expectations.
'I don't get it.
What sense does that make?'
None at all.
But you know what?
You will ignore anything I say.
To believe me to be stupid.
Then later in your life to hear,
That's if you live as long as I have.
Young folks saying to you,
Nothing you say to them...
Makes any sense.
'At what age will that be?'
There you go.
Trying your best to get me to lie.
I'm going to say this to you right now,
Staying petty is not a benefit.
'That makes no sense.'
It's not suppose to make sense.
You're still too young,
To care if it does or not.
And take my advice.
Don't give it.
You time doing it will go ignored!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 10 10100110 111 010 1101 111011 11100010 10111101 1111 10 10 1101 11111111010 0111010111 1111011 1101011 111111 11010010101 0100111 1110111 1111111 111111 11100001 10110 1101011 11 01 111011101 111 111101111 1101110110 1001010 10010 10 10101011 110010111 011111 111011111110 101 111 111111110 101 0101100100 11111 1 11100 1100111 110 011010010 111111011 10111111 011 111110111 101100100 10101 1111 11010 1111 11111 111 1111 11011011 10111110 11001111 111111111 111011 101111 1101 111111 111 101111111 1101111111 1010110100 1111 1101111 1111 1111111 01101 111 111011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,968 |
Words | 403 |
Sentences | 66 |
Stanzas | 22 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 1, 7, 11, 4, 3, 2, 9, 2, 2, 1, 2, 1, 10, 2, 2, 7, 1, 4, 1, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 80 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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