Analysis of FRILL OF 21ST CENTURY
“There is a hidden god with this thing they call civilization”
We have all bowed to his voice
I wish I had roses and lilies
To beautify my thoughts, in a world where
Men have taken to enmity
In the name of territorial integrity
Me! a micro-mini-skirt beneath
My open-chest-chiffon
Alas the world would affirm of heavenly bodies on earth
Inventions of this molten era
Brought professor BOTULISM ANTHRAX
The provost of the Cosmopolitan University of HIV-AIDS
And Emeritus Professor EBOLA CORONA (Ph.D. Covid 19)
To South-East SARS to formulate policies
On population explosion
A game of luck has begun, an irony of survival
The death of dominion lingers amidst them
Whom are loved by the gods.
Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIJKECALMN |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110101111110010 1111111 111110010 110110011 11101100 001101000100 10110101 110101 010110111001011 010111010 101010010 0101001000100111 0010001001001011 1111110100 1010010 011110111001010 01101010011 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 682 |
Words | 118 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 559 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 117 |
About this poem
This poem was written in 2002 reflecting on the moral decadence in the society and the supposed perception on the veracity of biological weaponry as a tool for population control.
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Written on July 13, 2002
Submitted by olusesan_a on August 16, 2021
Modified on March 21, 2023
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