Analysis of Maybe Not On The Bottom
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
They may not be on the bottom.
Or them seen on the top.
Maybe not anywhere,
There to be pointed out.
But they're there.
And prepared...
To stop,
Mistreatment found about.
Caring they do from head to toe.
One hundred percent.
They are there and caring.
Regardless if the people don't know.
Many unseen,
Are on the scene to witness and observe...
The mess and who created it.
Many unseen,
Care they do for all human beings.
Black, white, brown or yellow.
Many unseen,
Care they do for all human beings.
Call them what you choose to want.
But they're there watching closely everybody.
To believe it.
Or believe it not.
Don't look around at the bottom.
No need...
To look around at the top.
No need...
To pass judgement upon them.
No need...
Since they are here to stop the mess.
Done to do and this addressed.
Be you black, white, brown or yellow!
No need...
To declare your beliefs.
No need...
To persuade your faith to fake it.
No need...
For political deceivers.
No need...
For more hypocrisies.
No need...
For more hypocrisies.
No need...
For more hypocrisies!
Scheme | abcdcxbd exxeFxgFH eFH xxgx aIbIxIxx eIxIgIhIHIHIH |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
Metre | 11111010 111101 10110 111101 111 001 11 010101 10111111 11001 111010 010101011 1001 1101110001 01010101 1001 111111010 111110 1001 111111010 1111111 1111010100 1011 10111 11011010 11 1101101 11 1110011 11 11111101 1110101 11111110 11 101101 11 10111111 11 101001 11 111 11 111 11 111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,066 |
Words | 239 |
Sentences | 40 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 3, 4, 8, 13 |
Lines Amount | 45 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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