Analysis of Defending Against What Is Evil
Lawrence S. Pertillar 1947 (Connecticut)
Continuing without end,
A beginning battle against evil.
Done to defend.
Peace.
And the benefits this brings.
To every human being.
Then mysteriously,
The more evil becomes the defender.
Stung by the appetite,
Of blood to taste and crave.
Like never before.
Drooling from the mouth to win a war.
For more of it.
To love what began.
Yet...
Nolonger wishing to end.
What had been,
An unwelcome taste to hate.
Now...
Consumed to await the appreciation,
Of discriminating served to celebrate...
For more evil to digest.
Anticipating the craving of it to defend.
The overwhelming addicting smell.
Known too well it can not be left behind.
Or wanting to dismiss to miss the flavor!
Scheme | AXAXXX XBXXCCXXXAXDXXDXAXXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100011 0010100110 1101 1 0010011 11001010 11000 0110010010 11010 111101 11001 101011101 1111 11101 1 11011 111 1010111 1 0110100010 101001110 1110101 010001011101 00100101 1111111101 11010111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 676 |
Words | 141 |
Sentences | 21 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 20 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 265 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 58 |
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