Analysis of QUESTIONS

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Important questions do occur
To tax our worried minds,
Especially when the Leaders try
To bury them in mounds of lies.

We're told to never question lies
And never try to seek the truth,
They say some ‘facts' are beyond question
Yet offer up no proof.

They say we mustn't question ‘facts'
Because they are a given,
But the evil lies the Leaders tell
Can't easily be forgiven.

Questions should be often asked
About the sexism of Labor,
About the evil of affirmative action:
Women are unfairly given favours.

And questions must be asked too
About Liberal union-bashing,
And about the evil IR laws
The Lib-Nats keep rehashing.

Questions must be asked now
Of the evil that stalks this land,
When the Liberals become the Labor
Everything is out of hand.

When the Labor becomes the Liberals
Again questions must be asked,
It's time to bring democracy back
But oh what a titanic task.

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


Scheme ABXC CXDX XDXD EADB XFXF XGAG XEXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 1110101 01010101 11010111 11110101 01011101 111110110 110111 11110101 0111010 101010101 11001010 1011101 010100110 010101010010 101010101 0101111 011001010 00101011 0111010 101111 10101111 1010001010 101111 1010010100 0110111 111101001 11100101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 923
Words 164
Sentences 8
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 31
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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I hate politically correct lies!

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Written on February 11, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 15, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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