Analysis of See B.S. On CBS
John Jessup Kennan 1953 (Pomona)
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 |
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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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