Analysis of Created By Ancient Men (Tanka)



Created By Ancient Men   (Tanka)

I've been to the moon
And I have walked on the sun
I'm no astronaut
Yet I've been to the heavens
Created by ancient men

Edwin Tanguma   3/6/2021


Scheme X XXXXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 01011011 11101 0111101 1110 1111010 0101101 10010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 171
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 1
Lines Amount 7
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 45
Words per stanza (avg) 12
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Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on March 06, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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