Analysis of Drain the Swamp
By: Curtis Carroll, 12/30/2017
He campaigned where others feared to go
In rural towns where his opponents dared not to show
The media laughed him off, as if he was not in the race
Claiming victory for their candidate, before evening’s grace
He made a promise if elected, to drain the swamp;
To make America Great Again! His name is Trump.
The “Swamp”, he referred to, was in Washington, D.C.
Full of Rats, Snakes, Crocodiles, and those who thought they were Almighty?
This situation was fine, his opposition kept saying
While outside the ‘Beltway’ the people were praying;
That the promise made by one – Mr. Trump
He would be the one to ‘Drain the Swamp’!
“Deplorable!” Was the Opposition’s cry of the day?
It was a price-tag that HRC would have to pay
Her crowds got smaller, while she got tired
Of hearing others say: “You are fired!”
“What Happened?” Her latest book, which she is out to stump?
The ‘Deplorable’ know! They voted for Mr. Trump.
The Media too, he exposed as ‘Fake’ and ‘biased’
They lost credibility for being such liars
Apologies finally came, but oh! So late
Then the situation was compared to ‘Watergate’.
The ‘Creepy, Crawlies’ was fighting back from the swamp
The ‘Twitter Prez’ was having a hard time draining the swamp.
One thing to be said, he was not P.C.
His language was totally opposite to that of HRC
His approach was direct, he showed no fear
Bragged a lot about his wealth, and his head of hair
He is keeping his promises, he made on the campaign stump
About building a wall, and draining the swamp.
Note: An obituary of 2017 campaign.
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Metre | 11010 101110111 0101110101111 010011111111001 101001110001101 1101010101101 1101001011111 011011101001 111110011110010 1010111010110 11101010010 1010111101 111011101 0100100101101 11011111111 0111011110 1101011110 1100101111111 0010011101101 0100110111010 110100110110 010010011111 10010101110 01011101101 01011100111001 1111111111 11011001001111 1011011111 101011101111 111011001110011 01100101001 110100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 1,592 |
Words | 285 |
Sentences | 22 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 6, 6, 6, 6, 1 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 173 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on January 27, 2021
Modified on April 27, 2023
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