Analysis of WHY DON'T YOU FIGHT FOR US? (We Fought for You)
Back in the early 1970s
When women were just men's chattels,
Men fought hard for women's rights
Because justice always matters.
By the 1990s women were liberated;
But then they took complete control
With the help of Negative Action,
Leaving us to think they have no souls.
And now men are third-class citizens
But to most women that doesn't matter,
It seems that in fighting for their rights
We were madder than any hatter.
Since men fought hard and valiantly
For the rights of womankind,
I find myself now wondering
Why women won't do what is right.
Why are women so reluctant
To fight with men for what is fair?
Have they forgotten how we fought for them
Or don't they even care?
Why won't they help us in our fight
To bring the Gestapo down?
To stand against Big Sister
To fight in Melbourne town?
She-Who-Must-Be-Obey
Must be brought down off her pedestal,
So, equality won't be just for women
Yes, justice must be for all.
Give up your evil domination
Women, it's time to fight again,
Fight for true equality this time
Fight for the rights of men.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AABX CXDX XEBE XCXF XGXG FHEH XXDX DIXI XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
| Metre | 100101 1100111 1111101 0110110 101100100 11110101 101110010 101111111 011111100 1111011010 111010111 101011010 11110100 10111 1111100 11011111 11101010 11111111 1101011111 111101 111110101 1100101 1101110 110101 111101 111110100 10100111110 1101111 11110010 10111101 111010011 110111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 1,097 |
| Words | 200 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 35 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
In the 1970s & '80s men fought hard to help women achieve equality. So now we live in an evil matriarchy, I wonder why women aren't fighting the evil of Negative Action to help men, now 3rd class citizens, to achieve equality.
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Written on June 30, 2021
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 15, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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