Analysis of V FOR DEFEAT

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



Albo tried to defeat democracy
With the evil, racist voice,
He lied, cheated, defamed us,
Cried when we made our choice:

Because we chose democracy
And rejected V for defeat,
In his black apartheid reign
He wanted a black elite.

By the people, for the people,
Through the people's what we need,
But Albanese wanted less for us
He wanted our hearts to bleed:

Bleed for better, fairer times
Before Albanese took to power,
Back when people still had dreams
Before Labor made it all turn sour.

They always favoured minority rule
Power to the people, isn't their thing,
They wanted a form of black apartheid
That would have had a fatal sting.

Equality's not for Albanese
He wanted black power to rule,
But on referendum day we were smart
And not, as he hoped, bloody fools.

Government should be for all
Not just for three-point four percent,
But with politicians so corrupt
Our tax dollars were poorly spent.

The Voice spelt only defeat
For almost all Australians,
But we showed Albanese the truth:
Democracy is yet undone!

THE END
© Copyright 2023 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme ABCB ADXD XECE XFXF GHXH AGXX XIXI DXXX XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 1011010100 1010101 1110011 1111101 01110100 00101101 011011 1100101 10101010 1010111 1001010111 11010111 1110101 0100101110 1110111 0110111110 11101001 1010101011 110011101 11110101 1110010 11011011 110101101 01111101 1001111 11111101 11010101 101100101 0111001 111010 111001001 01001101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 1,099
Words 215
Sentences 7
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) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 96
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Anthony Albanese tried to end democracy in Australia, but was stopped by the people!

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Written on October 19, 2023

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on October 19, 2023

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