Analysis of Not Just Poetry
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Not just poetry.
Is my approach to this artistry.
My offerings to write them brings,
Simple vignettes.
Each to perceive different.
Yet,
Connected together.
With my own perspective.
There is a message within each one.
Misunderstood by some.
Using a method that includes everyone.
I hope to accomplish.
As I approach this effort to endeavor done.
Eventually to come understanding no one,
Left to believe...
My poetry written to write it,
Should be an inclusive not exclusive...
Detached nor abstract,
Depiction of reality.
Lived to have this activity explained.
Observed to see.
Although complicating its simplicity.
Few today are living independently.
Although mindlessly believe,
Their decisions to make them...
Are isolated to separate,
From others known or unknown.
Yet feeling directed to be,
Intentionally affected.
And this may not,
Be an accepted point of view.
By those deciding,
Whatever they choose to do.
Should be good enough for all.
To enforce upon many who refuse.
My approach to poetry.
Different to many it may be.
But no intention do I have that intends,
My delivery distant.
Or abstract from a reality.
Basically observed as it is to see.
Keeping it simple and confusion free!
'Uh...hmmm...excuse me, but...
There has to be a deeper message.
Hidden between the lines you've written.
And every attempt I have made,
I can not find one...
That contradicts what you say.
Why is your approach,
So basic and direct?'
'Who knows?
But tell me this,
If I chose to have my point of view...
Delivered intentionally written,
Detached and abstract...
From what reality is to be.
Would this leave you more satisfied,
To distance yourself further from reality?'
'That maybe a possibility.
However,
Fiction has been my way of life.
I prefer kept to defined for myself.
By reading between the lines.
Like everyone else does this to choose.
Regardless how basic you claim,
Your poetry to write it...
Includes everyone with different attitudes!'
'I am a writer.
Not a psychiatrist.
Personal therapist to anyone.
Nor a professional magician.
With an ability to play a flute.
As you are musically removed,
From a reality I did not compose!'
'Yep!
I knew all the time,
You would admit your skills are eclectic!
And diverse.
Kept to keep discreet.'
'What more can I say?
That secret to keep is no longer mine!'
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11100 110111100 11001111 1001 1101100 1 010010 111010 110100111 00111 1001010110 111010 110111010101 010001101011 1101 110010111 1110101010 01101 010110 1111010001 0111 110010100 1011100100 110001 1010111 1100110 1101101 11001011 01000010 0111 11010111 1110 101111 1110111 1010110101 1011100 100110111 11010111101 1010010 1011010 1000111111 1011000101 111 111101010 100101110 010001111 11111 101111 11101 110001 11 1111 111111111 0100100010 01001 1110111 1111110 1100110110 11000100 10 10111111 101110111 1100101 11011111 01011011 1100111 0110110010 11010 100100 100100110 100100010 1101001101 11110001 101011101 1 11101 1101111010 001 11101 11111 1101111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 2,315 |
Words | 477 |
Sentences | 64 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 9, 13, 7, 8, 8, 9, 7, 5, 2 |
Lines Amount | 81 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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