Analysis of Many To Live Long Gone Years Ago
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Many to live long gone years ago,
On a planet known as Earth.
And inhabited by creatures,
Only a mother would dare claim to love.
There amongst them all had been,
One creature given...
Intelligence, wisdom and common sense.
Leaving this to be believed,
From one generation to the next.
On and one this rumor was accepted.
To never suspect or object.
If lies were sold to tell them told.
Many to live on planet Earth.
For long gone years to know them to go.
With a doing to move forward.
Done to connect this movement,
As making progressive steps.
Have to sitting somewhere,
Scratching their aware and conscious heads.
To ask themselves...
'Why does it seem,
The best times remembered to have lived...
Are those times only the elderly remember?
And that seems to be in between,
Their prescribed medications are taken.
'Old guy?
Whatever it is that keeps you smiling,
About those days and times you reminisce?
Has got to do with a diet or a daily routine,
That you refuse to stop doing.
What on Earth is this miracle you have found?'
'The miracle of drugs.
Prescription drugs.
And the best around to get.
Especially at my age,
When experiences to have had in the past?
Compared to what's going on now...
In these absolutely crazed days?
I do all that I can,
Not to laugh from Sunrise to Sunset.'
'Now...
That's crazy. That's nuts!'
'Young man?
Stand with me.
And see 'your' reality from 'my' perspective.
How many old folks do you see,
Chasing each other with guns?
Driving miles and miles away,
From where they live.
With it to claim,
Someone minding their own business...
Is a threat to their way of life.
And you call ME crazy?
You have no idea,
How wonderful it feels...
To be out of my mind.
Whenever I wish.
And legally time released at my control.'
'That's not fair.'
'Neither is lieing to yourself.
But hey...
I am not one,
Living to be accepted or impress.
And...
I love it!'
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 101111101 1010111 00100110 1001011111 1011111 11010 0100100101 1011101 11010101 1011101010 11001110 11011111 10111101 111111111 10101110 1101110 1100101 11101 101010101 1101 1111 011010111 111100100010 01111001 101010110 11 101111110 011101101 11111010101001 11011110 11111100111 010011 0101 0010111 010111 101000111001 01111011 0101011 111111 1111111 1 11011 11 111 0111011010 11011111 1011011 1010101 1111 1111 1101110 10111111 011110 111010 110011 111111 01011 01001011101 111 1011101 11 1111 1011010101 0 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,889 |
Words | 413 |
Sentences | 50 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 13, 6, 9, 2, 16, 1, 6 |
Lines Amount | 65 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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Written on May 29, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on May 29, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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