Analysis of THE BADGE OF SHAME
T’Was a hoary old bag named Vikkie
Who handed this token her name,
Australian terrorists now get
To show off their badge of shame.
Overseas they are doing acts
That best can be spoken as evil,
Quislings to two mighty empires
Who both are in league with the devil.
A medal that now means nothing
Is awarded for killing the innocent,
A badge of shame and disgrace
That can only be called devil-sent.
Once it was deemed a great honour
To receive the Victoria Cross,
But now it is only awarded
To people whose souls have been lost.
Australian monsters are creeping
Cross Europe to kill and ravage,
Innocents are raped and plundered
By terrorists committing outrage.
Why has this one glorious symbol
Descended to such a great depth,
Awarded to those who have murdered
Women and babies while they both slept?
T’Was an evil old bag who has given
This worthless old token her name,
So now when we talk of the medal
Our words are all spoken in shame!
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABXB XCXC AXXX XXXX AXDX CXDX XBCB XXX |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101111 11011001 01010011 1111111 10111101 111110110 11110100 111011010 01011110 10101100100 0111001 111011101 1111011 101001001 111110010 11011111 01010110 11011010 10011010 11000101 111110010 01011011 010111110 100101111 1110111110 11011001 111111010 101111001 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 988 |
| Words | 181 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
About my loathing of the acts of terrorism now being committed by Australian soldiers overseas!
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Written on December 01, 2012
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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