Analysis of MONEY FOR NOTHING!

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



They say, "Money for nothing
And the chicks get it for free,"
Unfortunately for all working-men
It doesn't come that easily.

"Equal pay for equal work"
In theory, it sounds just fine,
But women spend the whole day talking
While workingmen must toe the line.

Unfortunately very few women
Ever do the equal work,
Some are lazy, even hazy
So all they do is shirk.

But with Big Sister watch over them
Most don't have to try to get the breaks,
It's not about skills, but your chest now
So for women, that's all it takes.

The Negative Action Gestapo
Says all the best jobs go to women,
And anything humiliating left
Can go to highly skilled men.

In this evil matriarchy
She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed,
Says, "Equality is just for woman
In Australia, there's no other way!"

And so why men slave and work
Women slack off once again,
And the biggest chest gets promoted
Not the one with the biggest brain.

"Money for nothing," is what
Many women now seem to get,
The Bitch-Queen-Fuehrer
Cruelly smirks, without any regrets!

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


Scheme ABCB DEAE FDBD XGXG XFXC BXFX DCXX XXBX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1110110 0011111 0100011101 11011100 1011101 0101111 110101110 111101 0100010110 1010101 11101010 111111 111101101 111111101 110111111 11101111 010010010 110111110 01001001 1111011 0110100 111101 1010011110 001011101 0111101 1011101 001011010 10110101 1011011 10101111 0111 101011001 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,087
Words 195
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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"Equal pay for equal work" In theory, it sounds just fine, But women spend the whole day talking While workingmen must toe the line.

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Written on July 05, 2021

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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