Analysis of LEADERS

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



When Leaders break their promises
And all our hopes do sail,
All our dreams go tumbling
As democracy does fail.

They leave us living in the streets
They leave us without hope,
The Leaders see us grovelling
And think it’s such a joke.

When Leaders start a’talking
Of how they will help us all,
Their words do not turn into fact
And all the promises do fall.

Yes, when they talk of helping
All their words are only talk,
When it comes to firm action
The Leaders always balk.

When Leaders see us suffering
They say they’d like to help,
But when it comes to helping
Leaders only help themselves!

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


Scheme XABA XXBX BCXC BDXD BXBX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011100 0110111 11011100 1010011 11110001 111011 010111 011101 11011 1111111 11111011 01010011 1111110 1111101 1111110 01011 11011100 111111 1111110 1010101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 647
Words 120
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 20

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They say they’d like to help, But when it comes to helping Leaders only help themselves!

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Written on February 11, 2009

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 09, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

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