Analysis of CORRUPTION IN HIGH PLACES
Corruption in high places
Is rampant across this land,
From councils to the federal government
Most of the people in command.
Canberra is now power-mad
We’re being bullied and dominated,
Freedom is being stamped out
Democracy just won’t be tolerated.
It’s corruption that rules both houses
In state and federal parliament,
They’re taking away the most basic rights
Democracy is sorely rent.
Corruption rules our schoolyards too
Where young minds are being perverted,
Evil rules of political correctness
Are being forcibly asserted.
Corruption by elected officials
Is the worst kind of corruption there is,
Especially when they orchestrate a program
Of abuse against our kids.
They’re abusing our kids at school
With government approval,
Brainwashing them to conform
And be politically correct fools.
Corruption up in Canberra
By Liberals and Labor in kind,
They abuse our rights to think and rebel
Determined to control our minds.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABCB XDXD ACXX XXXD XXXX XEXX FXEX XXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0100110 1100111 11010100100 11010001 1011101 010100100 1011011 0100111100 101011110 010100100 1100101101 01001101 01011011 111110010 10110100010 110100010 0101010010 1011101011 010111001 10101101 101010111 1100010 101101 0101000011 0101010 110001001 10110111010 010101101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 983 |
| Words | 156 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 31 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Corruption in high places Is rampant across this land, From councils to the federal government Most of the people in command.
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Written on October 24, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 10, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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