Analysis of THE DEAD CENTRE OF AUSTRALIA
One week of the year
Adelaide once came alive,
Now the place is dead.
Nothing ever happens there
Fifty-two weeks of the year.
It used to have the
Australian Grand Prix, so for
One week of each year,
Adelaide was part alive
Now it's dead the whole year-round.
When the Grand Prix moved
From Adelaide to Melbourne,
Adelaide went dead,
Its last lifeblood stopped flowing
Everyone went to Melbourne.
Yes for just one week
Every year, Adelaide,
Used to start to thrive,
But after the Grand Prix moved
Adelaide had nothing left.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | ABCXA DXABX EFCXF XXBEX XXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 101101 10111 1010101 1011101 11110 0101111 11111 101101 1110111 10111 110110 1011 111110 101110 11111 100110 11111 1100111 101101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 573 |
| Words | 102 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
Sorry Adelaide-ites, but I've been to Adelaide and most ghost towns are more lively.
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Written on 2000
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 25, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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