Analysis of A VICTORIAN CHRISTMAS CAROL
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Banning Christmas Day;
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Banning overtime pay.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Making carollers grieve;
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Rescinding all our leave.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Jeff Kennett is the Scrooge;
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
He’s the missing fourth Stooge.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Now all our lives are murky;
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
And Jeff’s the Christmas turkey.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
Our lives are full of rents;
He’s taxed us to the hilt
So we can’t afford presents.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
“You get no Christmas cheer!”
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
And now our lives are drear.
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
His gun is aimed at Rudolf;
“Bah! Humbug!” cried der Fuhrer
“The Last Noel’s called off.”
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AbAb AcAc AdAd AeAe Axxx AxAa AxAx xxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111110 10101 111110 10101 111110 1011 111110 0101101 111110 110101 111110 101011 111110 11101110 111110 0101010 111110 1011111 111101 1110110 111110 111101 111110 0110111 111110 111111 111110 01111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 973 |
Words | 163 |
Sentences | 35 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
A poem about Victorian fascist tyrant Jeff Kennett who removed most public holidays in Victoria, including Christmas and Boxing Day one year. He also removed overtime rates, too stupid to realise that he would have been better off banning overtime entirely, forcing grossl;y understaffed companies to start employing more people.
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Written on February 13, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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