Analysis of Current affairs
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
Current affairs just have a look open your eyes their in the book.
Did you notice they changed the memorial day?
Cut off the blessing as the multitude pray..
It was a cunning move..
A slight of hand..
For on that day he could command.
It wasn't God's Holy day.
He spat in his face when he went on to say..
The
Devil
O
Vain.
Instead if letting Jesus rise...
Up pops the queer!
Without a disguise.
Christendom fell for it.
Just another day.
Wolves in sheeps clothing have led them astray.
Why are you bleating!
God's not a slob.
Well for some perverse reason he's given me this job.
I don't want it any more than you,
But I know it's something I must do.
With no soundness in it..
Just putrifying sores.
It needs binding up.
The decision is yours.
I am a slow learner-
I should know better...
But it takes me years to understand one letter...
But this I believe must be true,
The cunning system is completely screwed.
And unless we get the truth back,
The house will fall,
And that's a fact.
Even now it may be to late
The axe is tapping on the gate
The high Sabbath is coming soon...
You shouldn't miss it:
It's on the full moon.
I am not here to lead anyone anyway.
Just a mere looney.
Having his say.
Scheme | A B B X C C B B XXXX D X D E B B A F F G G E X X X H H H G X X X X I I J E J B X B |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1001110110111001 111011001001 1101010101 110101 0111 11111101 1101101 11011111111 0 10 1 1 01110101 1101 01001 100111 10101 1011011101 1111 1101 1110110110111 111110111 111110111 111001 111 11101 001011 110110 11110 11111101110 11101111 0101010101 00111011 0111 0101 10111111 01110101 01101101 11011 11011 1111111010 10110 1011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 1,259 |
Words | 308 |
Sentences | 32 |
Stanzas | 40 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 23 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 6 |
Font size:
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Current affairs" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 22 May 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/185557/current-affairs>.
Discuss this Valiantstar poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In