Rational Anthem
Steve Dupere 1963 (MA)
March 23No way can we see
Why we spawn purely spite
Why so loudly we failed
At a fortnights last screaming
Whose trod gripes and blight scars
Screw the various rights
Oh, the cites they have squashed
Were so blatantly scheming
And the dockets read bare
The bums thirsting to err
Gave spoof to our rights
That their gag was still fair
Whoa, say does that far-fangled
Manner still waive
For demand of a fee
And the roam of the slave
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About this poem
This is what America's National Anthem should look like relative to its current state of decay.
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Written on March 16, 2023
Submitted by Symmetry60 on March 16, 2023
Modified by Symmetry60 on July 04, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AXXB XCXB DDCD XEAE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 449 |
| Words | 91 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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