Analysis of THE HARPIES



Evil, shrieking harridans
Chased a man ten years ago,
Pursued him past the point
Where sanity had flown.
Evil shrieking harridans
Pursue a man without right,
They call this man a monster
Yet offer up no proof.

Evil, shrieking harridans
Cosseted by corrupt police,
Who turning blind eyes to their act
Condemn sixteen kids to death.
Ten years later in Dunblane’s school
The man no longer fully sane,
Walking o’er realities edge
Pulls out four handguns.

Evil, shrieking harridans
Still won’t take the blame for,
Sixteen young lives were wiped out
By a victim of shrieking shrews.
Evil, yellow media label
A victim “a monster” because,
It will sell more newspapers
Than printing the truth!

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


Scheme AxxxAxxx Aaxxxxxa Axxaxaax xax
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1011101 011101 110011 10101 0101011 1111010 110111 10101 110101 11011111 0101111 1110011 01110101 101101 1111 10101 111011 0111011 10101101 101010010 01001001 111110 11001 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 741
Words 125
Sentences 7
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 8, 8, 3
Lines Amount 27
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 152
Words per stanza (avg) 31

About this poem

The last time I put this poem up on a site, it was taken down after 24-hours because it "Offended some people!" I'm not sure why the truth would offend anyone.

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Written on 1996

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 20, 2021

Modified on March 05, 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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