Analysis of Upsets
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Life to live has its upsets.
Leaving many,
Prematurely celebrating victories...
Left disbelieving,
Winning is not a given.
Known to those,
Awaiting with a crave to taste...
Something unseen,
On a prepared menu.
Or request from those,
To show...
What a difference it makes,
When they heat up a familiar place...
With an added ingredient to the plates.
Served to awe and drop jaws!
'I did not anticipate,
The flavor of this to be so delicious.'
'Neither did we.
But we were determined,
A change to the familiar...
Would only upset,
The ones accustomed to routine.
And as of yet,
No one has been heard...
To express regrets.
Although...
We have witnessed some tears.'
'Well...
Your delivery had been hot and spicy.
I like it.
But with time?
More people have been known to adapt.
What first upsets,
Eventually becomes...
The preferred everyone selects as best!'
Scheme | ABXXXCXDXCEXXXX XX BXXFDFXAEX XBXXXAXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (37%) |
Metre | 1111101 1010 010100100 10010 1011010 111 01010111 1001 100110 10111 11 1010011 111100101 11100100101 111011 111010 01011111010 1011 110010 0110010 11001 01010101 0111 11111 10101 1 111011 1 10100111010 111 111 110111101 1101 0100001 001100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 860 |
Words | 184 |
Sentences | 25 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 15, 2, 10, 8 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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