Analysis of POLITICALLY-CORRECT ZOMBIES
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
They shuffle ‘cross late-night TV
The zombies from olden times,
But the modern ones walk or run
And wish to control our minds.
Mind-control is back in vogue
Now Labor is back in power,
The politically-correct zombie-class
Grow more strident by the hour.
Yes Labor policies, so political
Are correct in all but morals,
You have to do whate’er your told
Labor will brook no quarrels!
So we learn to live correctly
Our behaviour must passed the test,
We mustn’t ever think for ourselves
It isn’t politically correct.
Right thinking is now the order
And orders must be obeyed!
We mustn’t commit a thought-crime
And be careful of what we say!
Yes Labor is big on correctness
A correctness that’s morally void,
Mistakes cannot be tolerated
And freedom no longer enjoyed.
Women-driver jokes are verboten now
And certain words are now taboo,
So update your political dictionary
To find out what words can be used.
Yes Labor has taken away our rights
To think or to act or be human,
To have a right to even speak now
You must be black, or gay, or woman!
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXBX XCXC XDXD AXXX CXXX XEXE FXAX XBFB XXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 11011111 0101101 10101111 01101101 1011101 11011010 00100001101 11101010 11010010100 10101110 1111111 1011110 11111010 1011101 111011001 110100001 11011010 0101101 1101011 01101111 110111010 001011001 01101100 01011001 1010110101 01011101 10110100100 11111111 11011001101 111111110 110111011 111111110 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,094 |
Words | 196 |
Sentences | 10 |
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) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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They shuffle ‘cross late-night TV The zombies from olden times, But the modern ones walk or run And wish to control our minds.
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Written on August 06, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 24, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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