Analysis of YESTERDAY’S ZERO
A little man from yesterday
Has come to say he’s big and brave;
But all the folks have gone away,
‘Cause Kevin’s back in town.
He tells us he’s a big brave stud
But people say he’s just a dud;
This little man called Kevin Rudd,
No one wants him hanging around.
He thinks he is this country’s hero
But Australia thinks he is a zero;
A mighty man? Or just a dero?
Please go away, you clown!
Go, go, go away … while you can
Runaway right now, you little man;
No one wants you in this land,
He brings Australia down.
Julia, Julia, please come back
Protect us from this evil quack;
He has Australia on the rack,
Oh, our troubles do abound!
Julia, please, we need you now
Don’t let him take Australia down;
Keep Tony from coming into power,
His mind games will sink this land!
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXAB CCCD EEEB FFGB HHHD XBXG XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 11111101 11011101 110101 11110111 11011101 11011101 11111001 11111110 1010111010 01011101 110111 11101111 10111101 1111011 110101 1010111 01111101 11010101 11010101 1011111 11110101 1101100110 1111111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 835 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
The story of the return to the prime ministership, for a couple of months, by Ken Rudd(-The Dud)
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Written on July 07, 2013
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 07, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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