Analysis of Do We Really Care
Paper or plastic, cotton or elastic, bits and bobs and saws galore
are fuel for bins or rubbish tins when we don’t want them anymore.
Which does baby prefer? A soft, cotton nappy soaked in bleach for hours galore
in plastic bins with fitted lids, so we can’t smell them anymore.
Or little paper ones that fit on bums, discarded when their wee wees done
in plastic bins, so they can’t use them anymore.
Does it really matter if we all get fatter? Bags of chips with sauce galore
are fuel we need when time to feed, until our stomachs take no more.
Is the water purer from the springs at Leura? Twist and sip these droplets cold,
that flood your veins, like icy rains, and leave you feeling - wanting more.
What’s wrong with tap water for your son and daughter? Turn the tap for stores galore.
It’s always cold, with never mould, and leaves you healthy - evermore.
Scheme | AA AA XA AA XA AA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101010101010101 1101111011111101 1110010110110111001 010111011111101 110101111101011111 01011111101 1110101111101111101 110111111011010111 101010101111011101 1111110101110101 0111101110101011101 11111010111010 |
Characters | 879 |
Words | 173 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 56 |
Words per line (avg) | 13 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
About this poem
An amusing perspective on the environment debate or debacle!
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