Analysis of Poetry Was My Mistress (Bussokusekika)
Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)
Poetry Was My Mistress (Bussokusekika)
I remember when
Poetry was my mistress
In all of her forms
To me she was sensual
There was no other like her
She was my Achilles heel
Edwin Tanguma 4/25/2023
| Scheme | X XXXXXX X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10011101 10101 1001110 01101 1111100 1111010 1110101 10010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 6, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 52 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Maybe someday poetry will be my mistress once again…We will just have to wait and see…Only time will tell…
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Written on April 25, 2023
Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 25, 2023
Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on April 25, 2023
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