Analysis of THE TAXMAN COMETH



His name is Jeff Kennett
But we call him the taxman,
When it comes to our pleasures
We call him the axeman;
He axes our lives
He cuts away all our dreams,
Leaves us all in poverty
Living without any means.

He taxes the water
That we all must drink,
Taxes each drop running
Down the gulley trap or sink;
He taxes the sewerage
So please take care,
Soon he'll be taxing
The follicles in our hair.

He taxes the air
Going into our noses,
He taxes each nostril
As it opens and closes;
He taxes the pavement
On which we all walk,
He taxes our mouths
Every time that we talk.

He taxes our gardens
All our flowers and trees,
Pretty soon he'll be taxing
The birds and the bees;
Yes he'll tax a young couple
Making love to each other,
And in May he'll be taxing
Roses sent to your mother.

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


Scheme XAXAXXXX BCDCXEDE EFXFXGXG XHDHXBDB XXX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 111110 111101 11111010 11101 110101 11011101 1110100 1001101 110010 11111 101110 1010111 1100100 1111 11110 01000101 11001 10011010 110110 1110010 110010 11111 110101 1001111 1101010 1101001 1011110 01001 1110110 1011110 0011110 1011110 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 815
Words 163
Sentences 5
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 8, 3
Lines Amount 35
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 133
Words per stanza (avg) 33

About this poem

If you're lucky enough not to have lived in Victoria during the reign of violently insane state premior, Jeff Kennett, there is no real way for me to make you believe what it was like.

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Written on 1998

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 01, 2021

Modified on April 18, 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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