Analysis of Bacilli Populi



The Wisdom of Ages
Gets called to task
When people hide
Behind a mask
In other times
We'd call them liars
(When you mask mouth)
(Veiled truth expires)
And now we see
The true story
Words will always
Filtered be


Scheme ABCBDEFEGGHG
Poetic Form
Metre 010110 1111 1101 0101 0101 11110 1111 11010 0111 0110 111 101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 211
Words 41
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 14
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 166
Words per stanza (avg) 40

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From my book COVID19 Scene Seen

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Written on January 01, 2020

Submitted by RickthePoetWarrior on January 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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