Analysis of NAZIS 2021

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Nazis run our lives today
Reducing all our hopes to fear,
Life was once so fine indeed
Till terror goose-stepped over here

Terrorists now run the world
And order us to live their way,
Forcing us to toe the line
Watching us through night and day.

Terror rules our every dream
Until we pray to never wake,
They say they’ll make us fit the mould
Our will is always theirs to break.

Freedom is a long-lost dream
In this land that Nazis rule,
Left-wing, right-wing, all the same
The Earth is now run by fools.

Nazis tell us what to do
Nazis tell us what to say,
Ruling us throughout the night
Ruling us throughout the day

Liberal, Labor, what's the diff
In this land where hope is gone,
Freedom fighters have given in
Thus the tyranny lives on.

Lies and secrets rule the day
Circular logic is often used,
Democracy has disappeared
As our rights are oft abused.

No-one seems to even care now
That Nazis rule our every act,
Freedom fighters are besmirched
Liberty under attack.

Liberal, Labor, Nazi Party
Nothing good ever remains,
As virtuousness is undone
Now our lives are locked in chains.

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


Scheme AXXX XAXA BCXC BXXX XAXA XXXX ADXD XXAX XEXE XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 10110101 010110111 1111101 11011101 1001101 01011111 1011101 1011101 101101001 01111101 11111101 10111111 1010111 0111101 1111101 0111111 1011111 1011111 1010101 1010101 10010101 0111111 10101100 1010011 1010101 100101101 0100101 11011101 11111011 1101101001 101011 1001001 100101010 1011001 11101 11011101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,124
Words 207
Sentences 8
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 39
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 92
Words per stanza (avg) 21

About this poem

Originally called Nazis 2013, I recently revised this poem.

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Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 12, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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