Analysis of DEAR MR. PRESIDENT: THEY'VE JUST DISCOVERED OIL IN ZIMBABWE
Dear Mr. President, if I may
I must ask you to listen to me,
There's something which you badly need to know
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr. President, I have to say
Will you listen to my plea?
There's a massive wrong that needs to be righted
By you, Mr. President, if you please.
Dear Mr. President, of the U.S.A.
There's something that you need to see,
I wouldn't lie to you sir, it's true
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr. President, today's the day
When you need to listen to me,
Over in Africa, a once-thriving nation
Has been brought down, to its knees.
Dear Mr. President, by the way
There's a nation, dying of need,
A need for help from a powerful ally, and
They've just discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
Dear Mr. President, is there a ray?
A glimmer of hope that I can see?
People are dying in the millions in a land
Which once was completely free.
Dear Mr. President, may I just say
It's time to help, not just fight for greed,
I'm sorry to admit, is not really true
They haven't discovered oil, in Zimbabwe.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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Metre | 11010111 111111011 1101110111 1101010010 110101111 1110111 10101111110 111010111 1101010111 11011111 110111111 1101010010 110100101 11111011 100100011010 1111111 11010101 10101011 011110100100 1101010010 110101101 010111111 101100010001 1110101 110101111 111111111 11010111101 11001010010 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,090 |
Words | 208 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 31 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
About this poem
Redneck American insists that the “War Against Terrorism” is not just a sleazebag ploy by the U.S.A. to get its hands on Arab Oil. Then answer two questions. 1) Why did the U.S. and her allies invade Iraqi in 1991 to stop it taking over Kurwait, which historically IS Iraqi territory? The 17th province of Persia until Great Britain ripped it away illegally. 2) Why does the U.S. not go to war to save the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in Zimbabwe being murdered by Maddog Mugabe and his Yellow Cowards Who Creep in the Night?
Written on February 04, 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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