Analysis of GREAT DEPRESSION 2010



The world is in financial chaos
For which I can see no end,
The Great Recession of 2008
Will become a Great Depression by 2010.

With Kevin Rudd out of control
The financial meltdown cannot end,
Unless Rudd-the-dud begins to think
We’ll have a Great Depression by 2010.

But a man of words and not actions
What kind of message can Kevin Rudd send?
That will alleviate the mounting catastrophe
To prevent a Great Depression by 2010.

Australia’s financial world is run by eunuchs
Whereas once it was run by men,
Unless we can cut away all the dead weight
We’ll have a Great Depression by 2010.

We’ve learnt no lessons from the past
We make the same mistake over again,
Unless we start to take stock of history
There will be a Great Depression by 2010.

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


Scheme abxc xbxC xbdc aexC xedc bxx
Poetic Form
Metre 011001010 1111111 010101 101010101 11011101 00101101 011010111 11010101 101110110 1111011011 110100100100 101010101 101011111 01111111 01111011011 11010101 11110101 1101011001 01111111100 111010101 01 101010 100100010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 806
Words 147
Sentences 7
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 28
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 109
Words per stanza (avg) 25

About this poem

I actually wrote this poem in 2008, but due to the inane 'leadership' of Kevin Rudd (-the Dud!), a depression seemed certain by 2010. In fact, Australia only had a Great Recession - not quite as bad!

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Written on November 06, 2008

Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 08, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Phil Roberts

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