Analysis of ADVANCE AUSTRALIA? NO FAIR!
The rich folk in their castles
With shiny ivory walls,
Resplendent in their finery
Mansions with massive halls.
The poor folk at the other end
Live starving in the streets,
The rich folk talk of helping
But their talk is empty bleats.
The government would like to help
But would have to raise taxation,
The rich would never hear of that
And after all, they own this nation.
So the poor live in the open roads
And have to live on air,
The rich live in their villas fine
And enjoy a sumptuous bill of fare.
The rich will have their luxuries
Though the poor are living rough,
But the rich folk say, “We cannot help
”We’re already doing it tough!”
”We pay two Percent taxation now
“Why the devil should we pay more?
”It’s not our fault that some are needy!
”Why should we have to help the poor?”
”Yes what do we owe the poor folk
”It’s not our fault that they’re needy,
”Why should we have to give a damn
”We’re rich and oh so greedy.”
And the government submits to them
Too afraid to ever stand tough,
So maybe soon the time will come
When we have to shout, “Enough!”
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABCB DXXA EFXF XGXG XHEH XXCX XCXC XHXH DXX |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tetractys (26%) |
Metre | 0110110 1101001 01001100 101101 01110101 110001 0111110 1111101 01001111 11111010 01110111 010111110 101100101 011111 01101101 001010111 01111100 1011101 101111101 00101011 111010101 10101111 1110111110 11111101 11111011 111011110 11111101 0101110 00100111 10111011 11010111 1111101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,148 |
Words | 218 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 35 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
To quote Her Majesty, "The greatest problem facing the world today, is the ever-widening gap between the richest of the rich, and the poorest of the poor."
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Written on July 22, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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