Analysis of Clearer Made
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
What appears is just what it is.
To be one day clearer made.
So...
Enjoy the illusion of it.
Kept if you wish to delude.
Until death from it we all depart.
But...
I wouldn't let the fading away of this phase,
Shock!
Whatever stage you are now at,
Come as if to be a surprise.
'Mister Word Lover?'
Why the formality?
You know how I like,
To keep things simple and basic.
'Aren't illusion and delusion the same thing?'
Almost but not that close.
You see....
Illusion is an erroneous perception of reality.
And on the other hand...
Delusion is a false belief or an opinion kept.
Like...
For example.
Your being in love.
And confessing it.
Is your perception of reality.
That is an illusion.
Regardless if you have been told,
Over and over.
By another who says,
Your delusion kept to keep,
Is not what I feel to believe at all.
'I see.
Can you use another example.
That is not almost that close,
To my own experience.
Or just change the subject,
For something else less clearer made.'
What subject would you pick,
That is free of delusion.
Or illusion to discuss it.
'How about...
Religion?
No!
Better yet,
Politics.'
How about something,
Even more simple and basic.
Planets.
I remember being taught,
There were only nine of them.
Now...
Scientists are discovering,
They are everywhere in this massive Universe.
Don't you ever wonder about that?
'No.
Neither to perceive as an illusion.
Or kept to delude,
To more confuse my mind.
How about 'this' suggestion.
I won't bring up stuff to think about.
And we go get something to eat.
For less than twenty dollars.'
'That's all I got.
You never volunteer to pay for lunch.'
There you go.
Always trying to notice everything.
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Metre | 10111111 1111101 1 01001011 1111101 011111101 1 110101001111 1 1011111 11111001 10110 100100 11111 11110010 100100010011 11111 11 010110100010110 010101 01010101110101 1 1010 11001 00101 11010110 111010 01011111 10010 101011 1010111 1111110111 11 111010010 111111 1110100 111001 11011101 101111 1111010 10101011 101 010 1 101 10 10110 10110010 10 1010101 1010111 1 10010100 1110011010 111010011 1 1010111010 11101 110111 1011010 111111101 01111011 1111010 1111 110011111 111 11011010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,701 |
Words | 385 |
Sentences | 55 |
Stanzas | 13 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 1, 3, 1, 16, 6, 3, 5, 2, 7, 8, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 67 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Written on September 05, 2022
Submitted by lpahtillah on September 05, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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