Analysis of THE 1990s
Reflecting back on the last nine years
I see nothing to cheer my soul;
For the ’90s have been depressing
So very empty and cold.
I see people in endless queues
Begging a buck for a meal;
But I’m told that they’re Bludgers
Not really people at all.
Protection was killed off
And Australia soon followed;
The dollar dropped sharply
Along with student literacy.
What of the new century
Will things get any better?
It’s impossible to imagine
That they could get any worse!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXXX XXAX XXBB BXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110111 11101111 10111010 1101001 11100101 1001101 111111 1101011 010111 0010110 010110 011101000 1101100 1111010 101001010 1111101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 530 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
Written in 1999. Some of itis still relevant. Certainly the schools' preference for teaching political correctness over the 3 Rs has let to the situate today, where 50% of the English teachers in Australia can barely read and write themselves, let alone teach anyone else to.
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Written on 1999
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 22, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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