Analysis of Be You The First

Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)



Be you the first,
To show you know respect.
And be you the first,
With a dignity had and nothing less.

Don't ever let yourself be a doubters.
To have this detected.
Since many are determined to find,
Identities and minds lost...
Found defected.

Stay proud of the who you are.
Diversified, capable and qualified.
And with each step.
Yes.
No matter what you flaunt is rejected.

Dare to be the first.
Hallelujah!
Dare to be the first.
Say 'Amen'.
You can dare to be the first.
To shout a Hallelujah.
You can dare to be the first.
'Amen'.

Stay proud of who you are.
With each step made to be witnessed.
Since many are determined to find,
Identities lost and not to be missed.

Dare to be the first.
You can.
Dare to be the first.
Yes you can.
Dare to be the first.
Hallelujah!
You can dare to be the first.
To say 'Amen'.

Strut your stuff.
And...
Strut your stuff.
As if you can't get enough of it to strut.
Yeah!
Strut your stuff.
Dare to be the first.
To strut your stuff.
Dare to be the first.
You can.
Dare to be the first!
Be you the first.

Never fear to be just who you are!

'But...
I can't dance!'

Dance?
Life to live it is the only dance,
We get to experience and live!
However...
Learn whatever it takes for you,
To keep up with this rhythm given...
That expresses your life to live it!
And don't try.
Be committed.


Scheme Axab xcDxe fxxbe AGAhAgAh fxDx AIAiAGAh JxJkxJAjAIAA f kl llxxxxxxc
Poetic Form
Metre 1101 111101 01101 1010010101 1101011010 111010 110101011 0100011 1010 1110111 010100010 0111 1 1101111010 11101 010 11101 101 1111101 110010 1111101 01 111111 11111110 110101011 0100101111 11101 11 11101 111 11101 010 1111101 1101 111 0 111 11111011111 1 111 11101 1111 11101 11 11101 1101 101111111 1 111 1 111110101 111010001 10 1101111 111111010 101011111 011 1010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,262
Words 256
Sentences 52
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 5, 5, 8, 4, 8, 12, 1, 2, 9
Lines Amount 58
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted by lpahtillah on September 18, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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