Analysis of BIG BROTHER

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Big Brother is watching over you
All through your working day,
You’re not allowed to think or move
And be careful of what you say.

In offices around Australia
Big Brother is firmly in control,
He watches all that’s said and done
To see we’re doing just as we’re told.

He wants us to adhere to moors
Of what he calls, “acceptable behaviour”,
An electronic demon watches our every move
While pretending to be a saviour.

The ALP is moving fast
To bring legislation in,
But not to block the spies out
But to legalise their spying.

So Big Brother’s watching over us
His minions are everywhere,
So we have to even watch our thoughts
And have to live in fear.

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme XABA CXXX XDBD XXXX XDXD XXC
Poetic Form
Metre 110110101 111101 11011111 01101111 010001010 110110001 11011101 110101101 11110111 111101001 10101010101001 10101101 011101 110100 1111011 111110 111010101 110110 1111101101 011101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 717
Words 131
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 22

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Big Brother is watching over you All through your working day, You’re not allowed to think or move And be careful of what you say.

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Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

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