Analysis of Do It If It Satisfies
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
You have the right to feel good.
And...
Do it if it satisfies.
You have the right to think you should.
To feel good.
And...
Do it if it satisfies.
Opinions of others isn't worth the trouble.
To get caught up in their grief.
Rumors to hear heard about yourself,
Know in your life you don't need.
Move on.
Why waste your mind giving that the time.
What value to you does this nonsense make?
To participate or anticipate it done.
Move on.
Don't allow your happiness to be attacked.
Move on.
Just know those who do that,
Don't know any better...
Than what they've been taught to do.
Feel good.
And...
Do it if it satisfies.
To feel good.
And...
Do it like you know you should.
Everyday not to get enough.
To wake up blessed.
Wanting to feel good.
You can,
If you want to feel good.
Kick your worries to curb.
If you want to feel good.
Don't let what troubles you,
Stay on your nerves.
If you want to feel good.
And...
Do it if it satisfies,
You!
Do it if it satisfies,
You!
Scheme | aBCaABC xxxx DxxxDxDxxe aBCABaxxaxAxAexABCE CE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 0 111110 11011111 111 0 111110 010110101010 1111011 101110101 1011111 11 111110101 1101111101 1010101011 11 10111001101 11 111111 111010 1111111 11 0 111110 111 0 1111111 10111101 1111 10111 11 111111 111011 111111 111101 1111 111111 0 111110 1 111110 1 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 233 |
Sentences | 36 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 7, 4, 10, 19, 2 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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