Analysis of Pandemic of Newspeak
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Modern pandemic:
Culture-war narrative memes.
Like ‘Transgender Rights.’
‘Critical Race Theory.’
Spawned by Social Media.
| Scheme | ABBCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) |
| Metre | 10010 1011001 11101 100110 1110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 129 |
| Words | 19 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
About this poem
READERS BEWARE: Our modern and most virulent pandemic spreading rapidly among us, is that of the subtle fictional language of ‘Twenty First Century Newspeak,’ spawned by the network of social media that is ever enticing us into its spider’s web. The entrapment goal: legitimization and elevation of ‘Newspeak’ by demeaning and replacement of ‘Oldspeak.’ With such newly formed memes of expression as “fake news” and “alternative realities,” it becomes increasingly a trepidation to negotiate the minefields of linguistic etiquette and social communication without becoming a casualty of the slings and arrows of social media. more »
Written on September 20, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on September 20, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on November 01, 2022
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