Analysis of Distant Minds
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Too much fiction stacked in attics packed,
Has detached so many minds...
Orbiting around their fantasies,
In not just 'another'...
But a countless of other,
Alternate Universes.
Unimaginable,
These times would be...
If gossiped to rumor them.
By the best juice squeezing gossipers.
Tastefully flavoring,
Their time wasting hobbies...
With a soliciting of malicious craze.
Who would believe,
The unexpected on a daily basis...
To expect?
'You are kidding me?
No way?
What is going on?
Unbelievable!'
'Not Oscar worthy.
Although...
One of your better performances.'
'Would you stop that.
Seriously.
I was being sincere.'
But...
This head banging stuff,
To observe for what it is and see?
Needs...
Psychiatry!
An army of psychiatrists.
Armed with pads and pens!
And recently filled prescriptions,
Recommended by 'their' personal physicians.
Scheme | XXABBX CDXXXAXXXX DXXC DXX XDX XXDXDXXEE |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) |
Metre | 111010101 1011101 100011100 011010 1010110 100100 01000 1111 111101 101110100 100100 111010 10010010101 1101 0010101010 101 11101 11 11101 0100 11010 1 111100100 1111 1000 111001 1 11101 101111101 1 0100 11010100 11101 01001010 01011100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 810 |
Words | 133 |
Sentences | 28 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 10, 4, 3, 3, 9 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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