Analysis of A Day Etched in Infamy
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
A brazen attack
On the U.S. Capitol
January sixth
A day etched in infamy
To abort the people’s will.
Scheme | ABCDE |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tanka |
Metre | 01001 101100 1001 0110100 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 103 |
Words | 20 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 5 |
Lines Amount | 5 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
About this poem
On the morning of January 6, 2021, the U. S. Capitol, a symbol and bulwark of freedom and democracy, was violently and forcefully attacked by domestic enemies, among them, the “Proud Boys” and other insurrectionist elements and right-wing groups bearing arms, with the objective of undermining the will of the people, the peaceful transfer of power; and with the attempt to subvert and abort a duly elected presidency and a newly formed government. This threat and danger by domestic mob rule to American democracy and to the legitimate rule of law, still looms large in 2022, and moving forward into the immediate near future, remaining firmly as a clear and present danger to American democracy. America, as a leading nation of the Free World, stands positioned at an important crossroads in history to execute corrective legislative congressional remedies to made maintain public order and to preserve and uphold the will of the people in a democratic society or, failing to do so, to allow lawless activity to fester and grow like a deadly cancer among the ranks of the people of the American Republic. more »
Written on June 13, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on June 13, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on June 16, 2022
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