Analysis of MADDOG’S ON THE PROWL
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
Maddog’s off a’wandering
Yes, Maddog’s on the prowl,
When he sniffs petroleum
Ol’ Maddog starts to howl.
He needs to find a ‘servant’
On whom to take a hold,
He needs to terrorise the East
To dig up their Black Gold.
Yes Maddog is to freedom
What sex is to virginity,
He’s howling like a loon now
So people doubt his sanity.
Yes, Maddog wants the A’rabs
To sell him all their oil,
He’s not afraid to slaughter them
When tempers start to boil.
Old Maddog will be put down
But perhaps not a second too soon,
He spreads disease and terror
Maddog’s howling at the moon.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XABA XCXC BDXD XEXE XFXF XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111 11101 1110100 11111 1111010 111101 111101 111111 111110 11110100 1101011 11011100 111010 111111 11011101 110111 111111 101101011 1101010 110101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 635 |
Words | 117 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
About this poem
One of the most evil fascist dictators of all time was George W. "Maddog" Bush. He abused the memory of the thousands who died on September 11, 2001 in his insane quest for Arab oil at all costs! America's very first retaliatory strike for 9-11 turned out by mistake to be upon a maternity hospital. Hundreds of pregnant women and newborn babies died. Maddog shrugged this off, saying they were just "Collateral damage"! The man was a monster, on par with Adolph Hitler!
Written on 2005
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 27, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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