Analysis of Politics
Michael Matalon 1973 (New York)
We listen to the politicians
Who seem more like magicians
That pull answers out from a hat
They stir up our inner feelings
With claims of future dealings
Of this, that is better than that
Yet we fall within their trap
By means of thier generous rap,
Then stand firm with our new beliefs!
Are we truly such dense creatures
To value such pointless features
Delivered by proven liars and thieves?
Certain we are
Because we do
It seems pointless
What we hold true
| Scheme | AAB CCB DDX EEX XFXF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010010 1111010 11101101 111101010 1111010 11111011 1110111 111101001 111110101 11101110 11011010 0101101001 1011 0111 1110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 463 |
| Words | 91 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
About this poem
I wrote this many years ago, before the recent political craziness, which means politics has always been crazy.
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Written on March 14, 2009
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on September 06, 2021
Modified by Michaelmatalon on December 12, 2021
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