Analysis of Deliberating Honesty
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Many living will still disagree,
As to whether or not...
Truth is an opinion.
Or an accepted part of life.
To be taught and kept believed.
Yet arguments start,
About the expense it takes...
Exploring the Universe to adventure,
Further into space.
When the Earth we inhibited,
Has us all living on it 'spaced out.
Now...
Does this analogy also apply,
To truth to delude it and honesty?
If someone is seen and caught,
Doing despicable deeds to others.
And confesses to be apologetic.
In a courtroom prepared and awaiting
To be sentence.
Then to be asked,
If sorry for the crimes and misdeeds.
They were caught observed.
And seen videotaped to do.
Or...
If they were apologizing for being caught.
Dramatically on videotape.
Not to know or be concerned,
Their face no one could mistake.
To hear them say and ask,
Of the judge, jury and a packed courtroom.
If possible...
A wish to deliberate their response,
And honesty.
With hired professional lawyers.
More experienced in lieing,
Than one accused is prepared to be!
Now...
For others who may claim,
That request is 'spaced out'?
They should immediately consider...
Just how far in space,
We all have been.
On a planet that rotates, floats and spins...
Around a Sun.
In a massive Universe.
No one knows how, why or when,
The beginning to see it happen.
Or listen to prophets,
Swearing but not under oath...
Declaring to know the end.
Without proof or evidence of it.
'When will all liars just admit they lie?
And stop their requests,
To deliberate reality!'
'Is that a yes or no?
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 101011001 111011 111010 11010111 1110101 11001 0100111 0100101010 10011 10110100 111101111 1 1101001001 1110110100 111101 1001001110 0010110010 001010010 1110 1111 110101001 10101 01100111 1 11001001101 010011001 1111101 1111101 111101 101100011 1100 0110100101 0100 110010010 1010001 110110111 1 110111 101111 1101000010 11101 1111 101011101 0101 001010 1111111 001011110 110110 1011101 0101101 011110011 1111010111 01101 1010010 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,508 |
Words | 276 |
Sentences | 41 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 3, 5, 9, 8, 15, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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