Analysis of Unconscious Awareness
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Having the convenience,
Of using one's memory selectively.
Is no difference,
Than the act of bigotry practiced.
Done to claim not to be aware,
A noticeable discriminating hatred...
Shown and purposely directed,
Towards those exposing...
From head to toe their Ancestry.
Quickly to identify themselves non-white.
Although,
Humiliated, disenfranchised, criticized...
Demoralized and despised.
By those who dare to say these days,
Of living not to observe or witness...
Acts of division, racism and hatred?
While in the midst of it to claim it missed!
Has more to reveal about a society,
Denying to have too long fictioned reality.
That has fed to the people,
Truth to fear is the cause and reason...
Why immigrants are crossing the borders,
Illegally everywhere.
Threatening a way of life,
To prove they can become better citizens.
And this to permit,
Will expose who works in the fields.
Under the heat of Sun picking,
All there is to eat in this country.
For a few dollars a week.
That those who claim their patriotism,
Will not pick up a broom to sweep...
The trash they throw on their streets.
Without being government funded.
Or unionized and watch someone else,
Do the work.
To then demand a higher hourly wage!
And prepared to defend,
The doing of complaining to get paid.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 100010 11011000100 11100 101110010 11111101 01000010010 10100010 011010 11111100 1010100111 1 010000110 010001 11111111 1101101110 1101010010 1001111111 111010100100 0101111110 1111010 111101010 1100110010 010010 1000111 11110110100 01101 10111001 10011110 111110110 1011001 111111000 11110111 0111111 011010010 1100111 101 1101010101 001101 0101010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,277 |
Words | 253 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 39 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 1,007 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 215 |
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