Analysis of ENGLAND’S FREEDOM FIGHTERS
Glorious Arab freedom fighters
Have bombed old London Town;
The Tower of Babel has fallen
Or ‘least is coming down.
London’s Railway stations
Have known a major blast;
The day of reckoning is nigh
To London Town at last.
The heroes of democracy
From far Iraqi fields;
Have bent till nearly breaking
But will never ever yield.
England must be judged now
For evil deeds it’s done;
America has had its day
Australia’s time will come.
London once was judged
To be a very special town;
But after years of terrorism
Its name came tumbling down.
No longer know for freedoms
Free rights; freedom of speech;
London’s killed democracy;
It now fights for war, not peace.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
| Scheme | XABA XCXC DXXX XBXE XAEA XXDX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100101010 111101 010110110 111101 1110 110101 01110011 110111 01010100 110101 1111010 1110101 101111 110111 01001111 1111 10111 11010101 11011100 1111001 1101110 111011 110100 1111111 01 101010 100100010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 716 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 27 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
About this poem
I remember back in 2005, there was a bombing attack in London. My teacher (at T.A.F.E.) at the time said, "How could they do it! They were born in England." I have less difficulty believing that in time the Arab world/islam would have to fight back. The United Kingdom and the United States have been terrorising the Arab world, playing Monopoly with the real world, since the end of World War II. Despite the pacifistic nature of most Muslims, eventually, the Moslem world had to fight back. Hence 9-11, hence the 2005 bombings. more »
Written on 2005
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 04, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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