Analysis of The Contrasting Faces of Corvid-19

Kenneth J. Janssen 1933 (St. Louis, Mo.)



You masked our identities, but you gave us self-awareness.

You tore our society apart, but you brought us together.

You held us prisoners, but you freed our spirits.

You upset our daily lives, but you gave us ingenuity.

You took our jobs, but you gave us viable alternatives.

You locked us down, but you freed our souls.

You ruined our economy, but you unleashed our improvisation.

You complicated our lives, but you unleashed our inventiveness.

You clouded our futures, but lit up our hope.


Scheme A X X X X X X A X
Poetic Form
Metre 1110010011111010 11100100011111010 1111001111010 10110101111100100 1110111111000100 1111111101 1101001001101100010 11001011101100100 1101010111101
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 483
Words 84
Sentences 9
Stanzas 9
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 43
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 43
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on April 19, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kenneth J. Janssen

Ken is a multi-genre author. "Siblings" (Limitless Publishing), "The Journey" (Big-O Publishing Group) "Tenderly beats the Lonely Heart (Beacon Publishing) He is retired and resides in Centerville, OH with his wife Jeannette and miniature schnauzer Gunther. more…

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