Analysis of A REDNECK IN THE WHITEHOUSE

Phil Roberts 1957 (Melbourne)



A redneck in the Whitehouse
Is all the world needs now,
A nuclear war in the offing
And the rednecks will show us how.

For seven years the world was poised
On the brink of a nuclear holocaust,
As terrorists from both East and West
Would parry and riposte.

But now we live in hope at last
Of a world that can live in peace
As evil acts committed for years
Finally may cease.

Obama is the only hope
Of the world to become sane again,
So keep the redneck from the Whitehouse
And lift the evil bane.

For seven years an evil redneck
Tore the whole world asunder,
But on voting day 2008
Americans can fix their blunder!

THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia


Scheme ABXB XXXX XCXC XXAX XDXD XXX
Poetic Form
Metre 01001 110111 010010010 0011111 11010111 1011010010 110011101 110001 11110111 10111101 110101011 10011 1010101 101101101 1101101 010101 11011101 1011010 11101 010011110 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 664
Words 129
Sentences 6
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 22

About this poem

Written at the time when Maddog Bush was still evil fascist tyrant of the U.S.A.

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Written on September 15, 2008

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 02, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

I turn 65 on the 31st of January 2022. I love cats, rock music, and horror fiction and poetry more…

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