Analysis of THE AXEMAN COMETH

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



The axeman cometh
Yes, Little Johnny cometh,
To cut away our dreams;
His scalpel’s out
His victim’s all kneel,
Listen to them scream.

The axeman’s mission is
To wield his weapon,
And make Australia hurt;
He’ll lower his axe
All our dreams are cut off,
To lie among the dirt.

The axeman threatens
To destroy our country,
And treat us all like scum;
He’ll sell off Telstra
And shut down Medicare,
Yet still he isn’t done.

The axeman reckons
If he lets the bosses,
Sack workers with no excuse;
He’ll lift this country
Back onto its feet,
And things will really move.

The axeman’s promise
Is to reduce all workers,
To something less than slaves;
There’ll be no more dole
And no retirement benefits,
You’ll just work on till the grave.

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


Scheme AAXXXX BCDXXD EFXGXC EBXFXX XXXXXX XXG
Poetic Form
Metre 0110 1101010 1101101 1101 11011 10111 01101 11110 010101 11011 1101111 110101 0110 1011010 011111 11110 01110 11111 0110 111010 1101101 11110 11011 011101 0110 1101110 110111 11111 010100100 1111101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 793
Words 141
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 3
Lines Amount 33
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 24

About this poem

About John Howard's reign of terror against the poor and unemployed.

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Written on February 13, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 13, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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