Analysis of Irish national betrayal



Remove our national flag from the
Mast you betraying 'Provisionals',
For you have replaced our Tricolour
With Britain’s imperial ‘Union Jack’.
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For in your hands our ‘Tricolour’
Was contaminated- our national flag
Which enshrouded the remains of
Many of our departed patriots…
~
And often when I think of the latter
Who fought and died for the freedom
Of our little western island I salute
Our national flag with pride.
~
But when I see it claimed by those
Who have betrayed our people by
Selling out for political and financial gain
My anger arises akin to mount Everest.

For how could you co-operate with the
British invader while brave republicans
Like young Bobby Sands and Patsy O'Hara
Suffered and prematurely died?


Scheme ABCX CXXB CXXD BXXX ABAD
Poetic Form
Metre 0110100110 110101 1111101 1100100101 1 1011101 10100101001 10100011 10110010100 1 0101111010 11011010 110101010101 10100111 1 11111111 110110101 1011010000101 1100100111100 111111010 10010110100 11101010010 1000101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 718
Words 123
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 19, 4
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 291
Words per stanza (avg) 62
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Submitted by ancomanach on March 04, 2016

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Liam Ó Comáin

An Irish poet now living in Derry City but originally from Limavady in County Derry in the north of the Island. more…

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