Analysis of Skin To Dislike

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



You may dislike,
The color of my skin.
And what to you,
You have been taught...
That represents.
With a doing to judge,
My appearance to decide and choose.
But I dislike you for who you are.
And...
This to me,
Had not been taught at all.
It was you and you alone,
Done with a proving to me...
My time is more valued,
Than to waste it giving respect...
To someone not yet to have learned,
Or thoughtlessly taught...
The meaning or definition,
Of a word to learn and apply...
With a living to prioritize,
First!
Throughout a living of a life,
To realize its significance.
Given to receive and get!
And this to dismiss,
Returns no benefit to anyone!

'What on Earth is your problem?
Haven't I recognized you are black?'

You have.
But much more than that,
Has been intentionally limited...
To restrict your mind,
With ignorance to depend upon!


Scheme XXXAXXXXXBXXBXXXACXXXXXXXC XX XXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 010111 0111 1111 101 101011 10101101 110111111 0 111 111111 1110101 1101011 111110 11111001 1111111 111 0101010 10111001 10101010 1 01010101 11010100 1010101 01101 011100110 1111110 10110111 11 11111 1101000100 10111 110010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 806
Words 154
Sentences 20
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 26, 2, 5
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 212
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Submitted by lpahtillah on April 23, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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