Analysis of CRUEL CHANGE
A cruel change brought upon us
By cruel people in high places,
Trying to control the peoples’ minds
Committing endless disgraces.
Cruel change of political correctness
Which has no right to be,
Cruel orders from up in Canberra
To outlaw democracy.
Freedom is no longer a given
It is no longer allowed,
Individuals are not tolerated
We have to fit in with the crowd.
Cruel pollies using mental torture
To keep the people cowered,
Cruel people up in Canberra
Abusing their political powers.
A cruel wind blew through Canberra
Leaving icy, heartless fiends in control,
Unthinking, mindless dictators
Without a conscience or a soul.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | AXXA ABCB XDXD XDCE CFEF XXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011011 110100110 101010101 010101 10110100010 111111 101011010 110100 101110010 1111001 010011100 11110101 101101010 110101 10101010 0101010010 01011110 1010101001 01010010 01010101 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 680 |
| Words | 114 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 23 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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A cruel change brought upon us By cruel people in high places, Trying to control the peoples’ minds Committing endless disgraces.
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Written on November 20, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 13, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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