Analysis of The Economy Is a Beast That We Must Tend
Oscar Auliq-Ice 1994 (Port Elizabeth)
Amidst the hustle and bustle of daily life,
Lies a force that can cause both joy and strife,
It's the economy that we all rely upon,
To provide us with wealth, jobs and a sense of dawn.
The stock market rises and falls like the tide,
And the GDP grows or shrinks at each divide,
Unemployment rates can skyrocket or plunge,
While inflation can soar or quietly lunge.
The rich get richer, the poor struggle to cope,
The middle class may falter, unable to elope,
Money flows like a river, but where does it go?
To those with power or those below?
The economy is a beast that we must tend,
With policies, laws and ideas to amend,
To balance growth with equality and care,
And ensure that everyone gets their fair share.
So let's work together, with a common aim,
To make the economy a better game,
Where prosperity is not just for the few,
But for all, no matter what they do.
Scheme | AAXX BBCC DDEE FFGG HHII |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 010100101101 1011111101 1001001110101 101111100111 01101001101 0011111101 010111011 10101111001 01110011011 0101110010101 101101011111 111101101 001001011111 110010010101 11011010001 0011101111 11101010101 11001000101 10100111101 111110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 876 |
Words | 187 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 136 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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