Analysis of FOOTSCRAY’S TOWERS OF BABEL
In Footscray the Tower of Babel
Slowly starts to rise,
As people living on the streets
Sicken, and then start to die.
In Melbourne's west a monument
Goes up to sloth and greed,
While down below the politicians
Do nothing for those in need.
The rich demand their Icons
False idols to all that's wrong,
To hurl up in the faces
Of those struggling to carry on.
Idolatry to the wicked
To those who have too much,
A tower of concrete and glass
Hanging o'er those living rough.
But still, politicians procrastinate
Reluctant to help the poor,
Though they'll gladly spend the billions needed
To build a towering eyesore.
So the sun no longer shines
Down upon old Footscray town,
A concrete tower blocks its light
Which cannot reach to the ground.
So winter seems the how year through
As the council sits on its brains,
We live beneath this towering eyesore
And think, “Society has gone insane!”
No more can we see to the sky
With new towers springing up each day,
We live in an urban winter land
Hidden from Old Sol’s warm rays.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XXXA XBXB XXXX CXXX XXCD XXXX XXDX AXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (23%) |
Metre | 01010110 10111 11010101 1001111 0110100 111101 11010010 1101101 010111 1101111 1110010 111001101 01001010 111111 01010101 10101101 11010010 0101101 1110101010 1101001 1011101 101111 00110111 1101101 11010111 10101111 110111001 0101001101 11111101 111010111 110110101 1011111 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,066 |
Words | 197 |
Sentences | 9 |
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) | 96 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
When I wrote this poem a few years ago I was talking about one ugly concrete tower built in the centre of Footscray. Since two more have sprung up, with three more (at least) in the planning stage. Planning permission in all cases was refused by the Maribyrnong City Council, but the Victorian State Government over-ruled them and gave permission.
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Written on 2009
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 19, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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