Analysis of And...When Correct Pieces Fit



When a puzzling picture,
Viewed and distorted...
With a glossing to interpret,
What appears yet does not exist.
Many observing refuse to admit,
To accept what is claimed to be...
A picture they should believe,
Has nothing wrong with it.

Then,
Brave are the ones...
Who came forward to admit,
They kept evidence and prove...
Of keeping the correct pieces,
Secretly hidden.
In fear of threats...
The punishment would be severe.
And they would face ongoing regret.

Although they were made to feel afraid,
To say or reveal anything at all.
They together presented the correct pieces.
Making the picture,
Clearer than ever.
No one could deny what it was they saw.

And yet those still disbelieving,
Done made too crazed...
By fiction to delude truth as it is.
Could not accept,
The proof and evidence...
Right before their eyes.
Making them defensive.
Protesting against it.

Blaming the ones,
Who made clearer the picture...
Of lieing to deceive,
A picture they would rather leave...
Distorted.
Senseless.
Regardless of how it represents to present,
The quality and truth...
Of their messed of lives to live.
Together they had normalized!
No matter the reality of it.
Or a picture they refuse to believe,
Had been intended to make them...
Fools and followers of deception to support!


Scheme ABXXCXDC XECXFXXXX XXFAAX XXFXXXGC EADDBXXXGXCDXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1010010 10010 1011010 10111101 1001001101 10111111 0101101 110111 1 1101 1110101 1110001 11000110 10010 0111 01001101 01111001 11011101 111011011 101001000110 10010 10110 1110111111 01110010 1111 1101011111 1101 010100 10111 101010 010011 1001 1110010 11101 01011101 010 10 01011101110 010001 1111111 0101110 11001011 1010101101 11010111 101001010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,281
Words 262
Sentences 30
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 9, 6, 8, 14
Lines Amount 45
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 199
Words per stanza (avg) 43
Font size:
 

Written on June 15, 2022

Submitted by lpahtillah on June 15, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

1:18 min read
5

Discuss this Lawrence S. Pertillar poem analysis with the community:

0 Comments

    Citation

    Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:

    Style:MLAChicagoAPA

    "And...When Correct Pieces Fit" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2025. Web. 13 Mar. 2025. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/130029/and...when-correct-pieces-fit>.

    Become a member!

    Join our community of poets and poetry lovers to share your work and offer feedback and encouragement to writers all over the world!

    March 2025

    Poetry Contest

    Join our monthly contest for an opportunity to win cash prizes and attain global acclaim for your talent.
    18
    days
    19
    hours
    0
    minutes

    Special Program

    Earn Rewards!

    Unlock exciting rewards such as a free mug and free contest pass by commenting on fellow members' poems today!

    Quiz

    Are you a poetry master?

    »
    Which of these poets was not American?
    A Rudyard Kipling
    B Emily Dickinson
    C Walt Whitman
    D Ezra Pound