Analysis of Price To Pay
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
If it had not been for the many,
Who paid a price to pay.
Defending truth and honesty,
Few would know it known...
Anywhere to have it shown.
Or hear it heard every word of truth,
Is a threat and should be censored.
Protecting the eyes and ears,
Of our inquisitive using internet youth.
If it had not been for many these days we live,
Minds would remain unconscious.
Addicted to a past had.
Normalized would be more nonsense.
Accepted as the only way to live.
Leaving today growing children,
Wanting to be fools for approval and receive...
Like adults observe to clearly witness,
Playing games as if they are kids.
Truth can be more painful.
Than for some to live it as is.
Oh the woe and agony of it all.
We owe those who stand up tall.
Regardless of the consequences,
They may face.
Oh...
We owe those who stand up.
Refusing to beg and crawl after crumbs.
No matter of the ones saying what...
To have believe.
Oh...
We owe those who stand up.
Fearing not what is happening to truth.
Fictioned to delude it.
It isn't easy as 1-2-3.
Nor...
A-B-C.
And not as simple as Do-Re-Me to sing?
Since so many adults today,
Don't even know what that means!
Without being assisted.
No!
It isn't easy as 1-2-3.
Nor...
A-B-C.
To have the people wake up and see.
Fiction to delude the truth,
Has some fearing reality for what it is!
Yet...
Paralyzed by told lies!
And unaware of the price,
They pay.
Unaware of the price,
They pay.
To stay self victimized!
Although...
Accusations to make them,
Remain kept to keep prioritized!
Oh...
The woe.
It must be...
Seeking in a search for empathy!
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Metre | 111111010 110111 01010100 11111 101111 1111100111 10101110 0100101 110010010101 111111101111 110110 0101011 1011110 0101010111 10011010 101111010001 1010111010 10111111 111110 11111111 1010100111 1111111 01010100 111 1 111111 0101101101 110101101 1101 1 111111 1011110011 11011 110101 1 011 01110111111 11100101 1101111 0110010 1 110101 1 011 110101101 1010101 1110101111 1 10111 001101 11 01101 11 111100 1 010111 01111010 1 01 111 100011100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,583 |
Words | 358 |
Sentences | 48 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 9, 5, 7, 12, 7, 7, 2, 8, 4 |
Lines Amount | 61 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Written on December 22, 2023
Submitted by lpahtillah on December 22, 2023
Modified by lpahtillah on December 22, 2023
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