Analysis of Are My Words My Sword (Senryu)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Are My Words My Sword   (Senryu)

Moses had his staff
All I have are simple words
Are My words My sword

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   4/21/2024


Scheme X XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 111111 10111 1111101 11111 10010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 145
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

Just another silly poem about nothing in particular….

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Written on April 21, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 21, 2024

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