Analysis of Knowledge Had To Achieve
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Knowledge to have and achieve this done,
Takes effort.
Nothing accomplished to learn,
Comes mysteriously given without it earned.
Up at nights until dawn arrives.
One most likely remains determined,
Not to sleep or eat.
To later be said what they do to get done,
Is easy and comes naturally.
And often these words are heard from others.
Using excuses to have total recall.
Yet for whatever the reason,
They can not explain...
Their experiences obtained.
To accuse this on having memory loss.
Although...
Will claim to know much about something.
They know nothing about.
To then start an argument with someone,
With them to say...
'You think you know everything.
But you don't.
And besides,
If that was true.
Why is it you have no idea,
What it is I'm talking about.
That to me is as clear as the sky is blue!'
'I apologize.
But tell me this...'
'Go ahead.
I'm waiting.'
'What day of the month,
And in what year.
Has your sky been that blue?'
Scheme | AXXX XXXAX XXAXXX XBCAX BXXDXCD XX XB XXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101100111 110 1001011 11000100111 11101101 111001010 11111 11011111111 110011000 0101111110 1001011101 1110010 11101 10100001 10111101001 1 111110110 111001 111110011 1111 111110 111 001 1111 111111010 11111001 11111110111 1010 1111 101 110 11101 0011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 950 |
Words | 210 |
Sentences | 26 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 5, 7, 2, 2, 3 |
Lines Amount | 34 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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