Analysis of Things Are About To Go South (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Things Are About To Go South   (Bussokusekika)

I have asked nicely
I’ve even made subtle threats
Regarding my seal
It has not been returned yet
My Father is not happy
Things are about to go South

Edwin Tanguma   5/25/2023


Scheme X AXXXAX X
Poetic Form
Metre 11011111 11110 1101101 01011 1111011 1101110 1101111 10010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 225
Words 41
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 58
Words per stanza (avg) 14

About this poem

This one is another poem about my little signet seal…How much worse can things get IF it is not returned to me???Only time will tell…

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Written on May 25, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on May 25, 2023

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