Analysis of Life Can Be Awkward (Senryu)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Life Can Be Awkward   (Senryu)

Of course there are times
Things don’t make very much sense
Life can be awkward

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   4/30/2024


Scheme X XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 111101 11111 1111011 11110 10010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 156
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

This one was inspired by Lisa from a certain morning show…lol…

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Written on April 30, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 30, 2024

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