Analysis of Unnamed
‘You have to step in line!’
Is the leader’s battle cry,
‘Rebels will not be tolerated!’
The law says, ‘Conform or die!’
Conformity is the golden rule now
And like every rule it must be obeyed,
We mustn’t question what the leader tells us
But simply accept every lie he says.
‘Conformity or death!’
Is the choice the leaders give us,
Freethinkers cannot be allowed to live
Conformity is a must.
So, conform or lose your breathing privileges
That’s the choice that you have to make,
The leaders give no second chances
It’s the first chance you have to take.
Conformity or an early death
Are the choices we’re given now,
Thinking for yourself today
Is something they won’t allow.
THE END
© Copyright 2021 Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XAXA BXCX DCXX EFEF DBXB XXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 1010101 10111100 0110111 0100101011 01100111101 1110101011 11001100111 010011 10101011 1101010111 0100101 10111110100 10111111 010111010 10111111 010011101 10100101 1010101 1101101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 754 |
Words | 134 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Lines Amount | 23 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
About this poem
In the modern judgmental society where anyone who thinks for themself is regarded as racist, sexist, or some other word ending in -ist, it really does now seem to be a case of, "Conform or die!"
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Written on September 18, 2008
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on July 29, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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