Analysis of GENERATION SELL-OUT

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Generation-X has been replaced now
By Generation-Sell-Out,
As today’s youth believe all the lies they’re taught
And never think to doubt.

Yes Generation-Sell-Out has
Replaced all the rebels of old,
They embrace all the lies they’re taught
And never realise they’ve sold their souls.

They’ve sold their souls to devils
Far worse than any in Hell,
Politically correct, ‘right thinking’ devils
Who always have more lies to tell.

But Generation-Sell-Out has
Forgotten how to ask questions,
They blindly believe whatever they’re told
Unthinkingly accepting evil suggestions.

Generation-Sell-Out has forgotten how to answer back
And they’ve forgotten how to fight,
And no matter how wrong ‘right thinking’ is
They blindly accept it as being right.

Generation-Sell-Out will listen to every lie
They unthinkingly believe whatever they’re told,
It’s almost as though they’ve become puppets
Who need someone else to be in control.

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


Scheme XABA CDBX EFEF CGDG XHXH XDXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01011111 101011 10110110111 010111 1010111 1101011 10110111 01011111 1111110 1111001 010000111010 1111111 1010111 01011110 110011011 010001010010 01011101011101 01010111 0110111101 1100111101 0101111011001 10100011011 111110110 111111001 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 995
Words 151
Sentences 7
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 114
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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The young have sold out to political correctness, and are nothing but cabbages now!

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Written on February 05, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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