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Covid-19

Charboo 2008 (Geelong)

Elegy
So many lives lost,
To this unstoppable, raging disease,
So many loved ones taken,
By this uncaring, evil disease,
So many places put under,
The heartless lock and key
So many people taken,
By the dark disease known,
As the dreaded Covid-19
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Written on September 23, 2021

Submitted by gay_turtle on November 24, 2021

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCBDECFA
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 240
Words 49
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
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