Analysis of THE UNLUCKY COUNTRY
They used to say, "The Lucky Country"
But it's lucky there no more,
There's good luck for the rich elite
But only bad luck for the poor.
It's bad luck if you're starving there
Bad luck for the unemployed,
Now all the lucky breaks are gone
No good luck is enjoyed.
Luck runs out on frigid nights
For people forced to live outside,
They stay alive wrapped in ‘papers
Still, many of them die.
The lucky folk still congregate
At Lygon Street's swanky cafes,
Unconcerned about the unlucky ones
Living just over in Footscray.
For Footscray has a milling throng
Of those whose hope is done,
No smiling faces in the crowds
For them, all luck is gone.
The "Lucky Country" not a chance
It's lucky here no more,
Especially in the endless winter
For those living out of doors.
They say you make your own luck
But the government helps the rich,
Their luck is bought and paid for
Their life goes without a glitch.
But for those who cannot pay
Canberra's inflated asking price,
Good luck is mere' a legend for
Street folk living in snow and ice!
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | ABXX XCDC XXXX XXXA XXXD XBXX XEBE XFBF XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101010 1110111 11110101 11011101 11111101 111001 11010111 111101 1111101 11011111 11011010 110111 0101110 111101 010100101 1011001 1110101 111111 11010001 111111 01010101 110111 010001010 1110111 1111111 10100101 1111011 1110101 1111101 1010101 11110101 11100101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,091 |
Words | 202 |
Sentences | 9 |
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) | 22 |
About this poem
Once known as The Lucky Country, Australia is now very unlucky for the poor and unemployed, who are treated like dirt by the fascist elite who now run this country.
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Written on February 08, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 10, 2021
Modified on May 02, 2023
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