Analysis of ONCE UPON A TIME

Ken Bartlett 1934 (Leominsterr Mass)



Once upon a time not too long ago there was a land where men and women were free!  A  place we are told is ruled by democracy.  “United we stand, divided we fall” became the creed, the chant of all.  Slowly at first a malaise took charge and infected everyone.

Humpty Dumpty stood tall on his wall to see what was the matter.  Then Humpty slipped, took a great fall, and landed with a splatter.  All of his buddies and foes are suffering from bereft. They just looked at their toes and left. That was when the spider a, stoic politician, became a decider and said with volition: vote for me and forever stay free!

And so it came to pass that the politico
and his peers prospered by enticing voters with lies and false promises. What was once a democracy became a politocracy. A government of the politician, by the politician, and for the politician.

United they stand and divide us all!   


Scheme A X XA X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 101011110111011101001011111110100010110101101010111101100111001010 1010111111111010110110110101010111100111001011111110111101001001001010011010111001011 01111110010 01110101010110110011100100010101001001010010010010 0101100111
Characters 900
Words 170
Sentences 14
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 2, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 139
Words per line (avg) 34
Letters per stanza (avg) 174
Words per stanza (avg) 42

About this poem

composed with disgust over todays political debacle

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Written on August 08, 2023

Submitted by compostken on August 08, 2023

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Ken Bartlett

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