Analysis of In america
The yanks are in town,
So we must all frown.
They think they are great,
But the world loves to hate,
For they take all our oil,
And do nothing but spoil.
They patrol their borders with great intent,
But its all in vain to a great extent,
Its a waste of time trying to banish,
All the people who speak in Spanish.
You can visit Texas where you'll find a lot,
they are there for jobs and give it a shot.
Search further afield and you cannot miss,
We Mexican workers doing that and this,
Texas to Arizona and LasVegas too,
They are there in restaurants just to serve you.
Earning a crust,
Because their needs must,
They get enough money, their journey goes south,
To share the honey with a family mouth.
So why do the yanks give a big damn, Watching slaves go home with all the ham, Well, go into McDonald's or burger king,
with no workers to cook their favorite thing,
Or go to the farm where the crops are dry,
For the Mexicans waved a mighty goodbye,
America will struggle,
or just try and juggle,
Along with recession
And grand depression,
Its all a mess which causes much stress,
To the yank in the street who is feeling the heat.
The politics stink and sure do smell, a president bent on making hell,
But most of the people couldn't care less,
Living it up at a nice address,
For as long as the yanks
can visit the banks,
and work in the muck
to buy a new truck,
I guess, All Will Be Well in America!
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01101 11111 11111 101111 1111101 011011 1011101101 1110110101 1011110110 101011010 11101011101 1111101101 1100101101 11001010101 101010011 1110101111 1001 01111 11011011011 11010101001 11101101110111110111010101101 11101111001 1110110111 1010010101 0100110 111010 011010 01010 110111011 101001111001 0101011101011101 1110101011 10111011 111101 11001 01001 11011 11111100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,366 |
Words | 272 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 9 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 2, 4, 11, 1 |
Lines Amount | 38 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on February 06, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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