Analysis of LIES

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Lies are told every day now
By the people who rule this land,
Lies are used for controlling us
By the bullies who are in command.

Lies are told by politicians
Who have forgotten how to tell the truth
They say evil, stupid “facts”
And, of course, offer up no proof.

Their lies fool many young sheeple
But the old folks have learnt how to doubt,
And rebels of all denominations
Are fighting to bring the truth out.

They’re fighting with biros and cartoons
Satirising the liars who rule,
Showing them up for the despots they are
Treating them like bloody fools.

The liars will get their comeuppance
One day, I’m certain that it’s true,
But till that far off day arrives
They will continue to use lies to rule.

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


Scheme XAXA BXXX CDBD XCXX XXXC XXC
Poetic Form
Metre 11110011 10101111 11110101 101011001 1111010 1101011101 1110101 01110111 1111011 101111111 010110010 11011011 110110001 101011 101110111 1011101 01011110 11110111 11111101 1101011111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 767
Words 140
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 27
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 103
Words per stanza (avg) 23

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Lies are told every day now By the people who rule this land, Lies are used for controlling us By the bullies who are in command.

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Written on August 29, 2008

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 09, 2021

Modified on March 09, 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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