Analysis of BORN LOSERS
Don't you know that
Beggars can't be choosers,
Cause we're all born losers?
You're a half-breed black
Who no one understands,
They can't see you've got needs
Like any other man;
White men all hate you
Lock you up on reserves,
Give you no rights
And treat you like dirt.
They stole your freedom
Stole your homes,
They claimed your lands
As their own;
They gave you booze
And call you an alcoholic,
They say it's your own fault
When you can't handle it.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Scheme | XAA XAAXXAAX XAAXAXXX XAX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 10111 111110 10111 11101 111111 110101 11111 111101 1111 01111 11110 111 1111 111 1111 0111010 111111 111101 01 101010 100100010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 503 |
Words | 94 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 8, 8, 3 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
About this poem
Another song lyric from the 1970s.
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Written on 1976
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on August 30, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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