Analysis of THE CURSE OF EL-DWEEBO

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



The curse of El-Dweebo
            has finally been lifted
And a great weight was removed
                      from our shoulders,
After seven years of being stiffed
The stone-throwers turned
            from pebbles to boulders.

The curse of El-Dweebo
                        has finally departed
With Jeff Kennett’s evil regime,
              Victoria at last is restarted
The sesspool of Kennett-ism at last
                         has been cleaned.

The curse of El-Dweebo
                          finally has ended
Our hearts, like this state,
                          now can truly soar,
This broken locale can be mended
As we clean out the sty,
                          of the fascist boors.

The curse of El-Dweebo
                    at last, has been broken
Anarchy has been ended at last,
The voice of the people
                 has very loudly spoken
As voters pulled away
                        this red devil’s masque.

The curse of El-Dweebo
                has now been “Jeffed”
He’ll find that there’s no
                         hiding place left,
His Thousand-Year Reich
                        has totally been cleft
And this poor state of Victoria
              has once again been blessed.

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


Scheme Abxcxxc Abxdex Abxxdxx Afexfxx Abxgxghx xxh
Poetic Form
Metre 01111 1100110 0011101 11010 101011101 01101 110110 01111 1100010 1111001 0100111010 011101011 111 01111 100110 101111 11101 110011110 111101 10101 01111 111110 100111011 011010 1101010 110101 11101 01111 1111 11111 1011 11011 110011 011110100 110111 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 1,263
Words 164
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 7, 6, 7, 7, 8, 3
Lines Amount 38
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 128
Words per stanza (avg) 27

About this poem

I wrote this poem within days of Jeff Kennett's totalitarian reign ending.

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Written on October 01, 1999

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 31, 2021

Modified by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 31, 2021

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Phil Roberts

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