Analysis of DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO (THE LAUGH’S ON YOU)
DO AS I SAY NOT AS I DO
(THE LAUGH’S ON YOU)
FAMILIES IN DESPAIR WITH A GOVERNMENT SO UNFAIR
WHEN THOSE IN CARE SETTINGS ARE UNABLE TO HUG,
DUE ONCE AGAIN TO THIS DESPICABLE BUG
THOUGHTS OF COVID 19 FILLS THEM WITH FEARS
WHILE STANDING OUTSIDE, BRINGS THEIR LOVED ONES TO TEARS.
IT WAS MPs WHO MADE MIXING AGAINST THE LAW
NO MEETING, NO GREETING AND NO BEING HEARTY
YET THESE SAME MPs WITH THE PM IN TOW
ALL APPEARED TO BE HAVING THEMSELVES A PARTY
YET AGAIN ONE RULE FOR THOSE IN POWER,
LEAVING THE UK PEOPLE WITH A TASTE SO SOUR
WHILST OUR BELOVED QUEEN MOURNS AFTER PRINCE PHILIP DIES
THESE DISRESPECTFUL MPs JUST WANTED TO PARTY WITH BOOZE AND PIES
SHAME ON THEM FOR THEIR ABUNDANCE OF LIES.
A POEM BY STECLA RGN 2022 Copyright©
| Scheme | AAXBBXXXCXCDDEEE X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 0111 10000110100101 110110101011 11011101001 1111111 11011111111 11111100101 110110011010 1111101101 101111001010 1011111010 100110101110 1100111101101 101011101101101 1111101011 01011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 752 |
| Words | 148 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 292 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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