Analysis of The foul universe
Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)
The foulness of the universe
Is in plain sight for all to see,
From the born idle-rich,
To paupers in great need.
Such an awful universe indeed
Where evil stars hang overhead,
And needy folks living in the streets
Pray to the Lord to soon be dead.
An evil place with evil stars
That glare down like foul messengers,
Messengers of doom and despair
Evil, tormenting harbingers.
Harbingers of a doomed race
Living in the foul universe,
Trying frantically just to survive
Wondering what could be worse?
Far worse than anywhere you’ve seen
Is the foul universe we live in,
A universe besotted with hatred
A universe wreaking of sin.
A dreadful sky looms overhead
Glaring like the face of doom,
A sky with black stars that don’t shine
Blotting out the sun and moon.
The foulness of this septic place
Is almost far too much to bear,
Polluting all the pure at heart
Like toxic gases in the air.
The foul universe holds goodness in
Refusing to let anyone escape,
The clutches of the monstrous sky
A universe that oozes hate.
A universe so bland and foul
Stinking up our hearts and souls,
Until our mind is almost dead
Until our hopes are all on hold.
The foul universe will win again
As all the good folk ever lose,
And as a nightmare life goes on
The living wonder, “What’s the use?”
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | AXXB BCXC XDED FAXA XGXG CXXX FEXE GXXX XXCX XXXX XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101010 10111111 101101 110011 11101001 11011101 010110001 11011111 11011101 11111100 10011001 1010100 1001011 1000110 1010001101 1001111 1111011 10110110 0101110 0101011 01011101 1010111 01111111 1010101 01011101 1111111 01010111 11010001 01101100 010111001 01010101 0101101 0101101 10110101 01101111 011011111 01101101 11011101 0101111 01010001 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,315 |
Words | 244 |
Sentences | 11 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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