Analysis of A Must To Have
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
A must to have.
From birth to receive.
Air to breathe.
And someone caring enough,
To know as a child...
Without food to eat or water to drink it,
With feeling to be sheltered and safe...
Is as much needed,
As being to teach it taught...
What not to touch,
When a child begins learning to walk.
A must to have.
From birth to continue receiving.
Is discipline and respect,
To do done as a child grows.
Knowing to listen.
With a mind used to pay attention.
Although mistakes to be made,
Should be encouraged to make them.
Since a child who grows older should know,
That being responsible...
And accountable for each step taken,
Is not an excuse to accuse anyone else.
For actions taken with consciousness,
And a mind to use taught to teach...
When, where and how that is done.
Will most likely,
Leave the teacher not one to blame.
Or fault to expect from anyone,
Running to come.
Listening to told lies from a child,
Now an adult.
Given to show empathy expressed.
When a grown adult from birth to receive,
Lessons taught yet refused to believe...
Ignoring them would free them to live a life,
Doing as they please...
Without punishment to deserve alone.
To earn it.
Is a blessing.
That only life to live it done,
Is a must to have with eyes open wide.
Knowing insinuations and allegations made,
Does not change a diaper.
For anyone now a grown adult,
Expecting a pat on the back.
To burp or throw up,
All the nonsense they were told.
Not to attempt to digest, yet...
Did anyway.
Refusing to accept the outcome of results.
Or the ownership of their own misconduct!
Not listening to pay attention,
Could, might and maybe...
Become hazardous to anyone's health!
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (31%) |
Metre | 0111 11101 111 011001 11101 01111110111 110111001 11110 1101111 1111 101011011 0111 111010010 1100001 1111011 10110 101111010 101111 11010111 101111011 1100100 0010011110 11101101101 110101100 00111111 1101111 1110 10101111 11101110 1011 100111101 1101 101110001 1010111101 101101101 01011111101 10111 0110010101 111 1010 11011111 1011111101 10001000101 111010 11010101 01001101 11111 1010101 11011011 110 01010101101 1010111010 110011010 11010 011001101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,659 |
Words | 357 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 11, 22, 19, 3 |
Lines Amount | 55 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 320 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 75 |
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