Analysis of See B.S. On CBS



We stand in line all day to see 'em
Subscriptions all we pay
At the Smithsonian Museum
Monica's dress is on display

We were carpet-bombing Serbia
Leaving stains we can't get out
Hid the linen in the laundry
Forsook the rebel roustabouts

Illegals scrub the glass case
Where the Constitution's stored
Paid under the table
On which the documents were forged

The Father of Our Country
On the U.S.S. Pontoon
Is down on Stockton Boulevard
Consorting with the moon

Draw a line for Hillary
And one for Little Georgie
Draw lines for escort service girls
Escargot, champagne, and orgy

Illegals scrub the glass case
Where the Constitution's stored
Paid under the table
On which the documents were forged

Driven from their stately huts
Each day, four thousand refugees
Sleep on the ground and starve to death
In eastern Chad, the Sudanese

While the tabloids tell of Britney
Of Prince Philip and of Drew
We're all excited for a glimpse
Of Presidential goo

Illegals scrub the glass case
Where the Constitution's stored
Paid under the table
On which the documents were forged

While in Chicago, sixty-eight
We learned what protest signs are worth
If everybody lived my life
There would be peace on Earth

If everybody lived my life
There would be peace on Earth

© John Kennan, 12/09/2016


Scheme xaxa xxbc CDEF bgxg bbcb CDEF ccxc ghch CDEF xiJI JI x
Poetic Form
Metre 110111111 010111 100100010 10011101 101010100 1011111 10100010 010101 0101011 100101 110010 11010001 01011010 1011101 1111010 010101 1011100 0111010 11101101 101010 0101011 100101 110010 11010001 1011101 1111010 11010111 0101001 1010111 1110011 11010101 10101 0101011 100101 110010 11010001 1001101 1111111 1100111 111111 1100111 111111 110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,234
Words 220
Sentences 4
Stanzas 12
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 1
Lines Amount 43
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Modified on March 05, 2023

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