Analysis of THE JUDGMENTAL SOCIETY

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



In today's judgmental society
Either you toe the line or you're wrong,
Your racist, sexist, ageist, defeatist
And man you just don't belong.

You're sexist if you want equality
We're told women were meant to rule,
And if you think men should have rights
They say you're a bloody fool.

You're racist if you want equality
Because all Anglos are evil they say,
So everybody else should rule
And Anglos should be in the grave.

In today's judgmental society
Either you toe the line or you're wrong,
Now women unfairly rule the place
We're told it's evil to carry on.

To carry on for justice now
Will never again be allowed,
So bend your knee down low
To show you're properly cowed.

If you're against political correctness
They say you're truly evil,
And if you fight for freedom now
Then you're in league with the devil.

The Bitch-Queen-Fuehrer is never wrong
So detractors must be no good,
They're clearly just too stupid
For the truth to be understood.

In today's judgmental society
Either you toe the line or you're bad,
If you dare to demand equality
The Bitch-Queen-Fuehrer calls you mad.

THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme ABxb acxc axcx ABxx dexe xfdf bgxg Ahah xxx
Poetic Form Tetractys  (23%)
Metre 0010100100 101101111 110101010 0111101 1101110100 11100111 01111111 1110101 1101110100 0111011011 1100111 01011001 0010100100 101101111 110010101 111101101 11011101 11001101 111111 1111001 11010100010 1111010 01111101 11011010 01111101 10101111 1101110 1011101 0010100100 101101111 1111010100 0111111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,126
Words 201
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 102
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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In today's judgmental society Either you toe the line or you're wrong, Your racist, sexist, ageist, defeatist And man you just don't belong.

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Written on June 30, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 30, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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