Analysis of THE COLD WINDS OF CHANGE



The cold winds of change
Are blowing through Melbourne Town,
Old values such as truth and justice
Are rapidly being torn down.

The icy breath of corruption
In Canberra where the Feds hang out,
Has guaranteed that democracy
Is no longer there about.

For the cold wind of fascism
Has taken Canberra by storm,
Like Jews who lost loved ones in the Holocaust
The good can only mourn.

For democracy has been frozen out
Justice now is truly gone,
And no-one dares to speak out
Because of what’s been done:

When Pauline dared to speak her mind
They pelted her with bricks and stones,
So no-one dares to rebel now
Because the penalty is known.

With the tacit blessing of the state police
Rebels can be stoned to death,
And so we keep silent or have to lie
Pretending to support Canberra till our final breath.

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


Scheme XAXA BCXC XXXX CXCB XXXX XDXD XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 1101101 110111010 11001011 01011010 01010111 10110100 1110101 1011110 1101011 1111110010 011101 1010011101 1011101 0111111 011011 10111101 11001101 11111101 01010011 10101010101 1011111 0111101111 01010110110101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 848
Words 156
Sentences 6
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

About the evils of political correctness - virtually a religion in Australia now, very few Aussies can think for themselves.

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Written on November 10, 2008

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 11, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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