Corona



Whence did you take birth?                                                                                                                                               What destruction do you wrought?                                                                                                                                       Made our world distraught.
  
Soul-less vagabond,                                                                                                                                                          come to test humanity,  -                                                                                                                                                      see how we endure?  

Invaded our psyche,                                                                                                                                                              taken toll of rationale,                                                                                                                                                             put our lives on hold.

Oh! ruthless creature,                                                                                                                                                           invisible scythe you wield,                                                                                                                                                                grimly lives you reap.

Our minds shorn of peace                                                                                                                                                     world awaits with bated breath                                                                                                                                               for your departure!

About this poem

This poem was written in May of 2020 and rues the curse of the Corona pandemic.

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Written on March 20, 2021

Submitted by anilcrai56 on July 14, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X
Closest metre Iambic octameter
Characters 1,864
Words 61
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

Anil C Rai

 · 1956 · Darjeeling

Has been in academics as a Teacher and Administrator for more than thirty-five years and was a contributor to the earlier version of poetry.com with several poems selected for publishing. more…

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  • anilcrai56
    This poem is written in the Haiku style however in the presentation as it appears the three distinct line with 5-7-5 syllables have got obliterated due to the lines getting merged as a single statement.
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