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…
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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.
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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 |
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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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