Analysis of The tube.
Valiantstar 1961 (Sydney)
Watching, don't know why,
This thing on the tube.
Mental block fills my mind,
What am I to do?
See the resemblance,
Trappings are there.
Tithing message, and,
Nicely groomed hair.
He preached from the pulpit,
With one wok eye!
Politics, rebellion,
Smelt dirty lies.
Using the bible,
Twisting to their will.
Using subtle threats,
To fill up their till.
For sweet to swallow,
Will sour in their guts.
Fools of old
Stories told
Back now for us.
Marching to their fate.
As those armies do.
I can't see no victory,
How about you?
Seven heads and ten horns.
What are his crowns?
Spirit,mind,body,
Whats it all about?
There is evil.
It has a job to do.
Becoming a distraction,
To fool you!
Listening to others,
Tears us apart...
I am is to offer,
A brand new start.
Don't worry my friends,
Because in the end.
He is going down,
We are staying up.
Our King will reign,
And he will stake our claim.
Scheme | AX BC XD XD XA EX FG XG XX HHX XC XC XX BX FC EC XI XI XX XX XX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10111 11101 101111 11111 10010 1011 10100 1011 111010 1111 10010 1101 10010 10111 10101 11111 11110 110011 111 101 1111 10111 11101 1111100 1011 101011 1111 1 01101 1110 110111 0100010 111 100110 1101 111110 0111 11011 01001 11101 11101 10111 0111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 929 |
Words | 226 |
Sentences | 24 |
Stanzas | 21 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 43 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 32 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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