BIG BROTHER
Big Brother is watching over you
All through your working day,
You’re not allowed to think or move
And be careful of what you say.
In offices around Australia
Big Brother is firmly in control,
He watches all that’s said and done
To see we’re doing just as we’re told.
He wants us to adhere to moors
Of what he calls, “acceptable behaviour”,
An electronic demon watches our every move
While pretending to be a saviour.
The ALP is moving fast
To bring legislation in,
But not to block the spies out
But to legalise their spying.
So Big Brother’s watching over us
His minions are everywhere,
So we have to even watch our thoughts
And have to live in fear.
THE END
© Copyright 2021, Philip Roberts
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
About this poem
Big Brother is watching over you All through your working day, You’re not allowed to think or move And be careful of what you say.
Font size:
Submitted by PHIL_ROBERTS on June 02, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 39 sec read
- 12 Views
Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA CXXX XDBD XXXX XDXD XXC |
---|---|
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 717 |
Words | 131 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3 |
Translation
Find a translation for this poem in other languages:
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"BIG BROTHER" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 10 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem/101564/big-brother>.
Discuss the poem BIG BROTHER with the community...
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In