Analysis of To My Long Lost Aunt Nancy (Senryu)



To My Long Lost Aunt Nancy   (Senryu)

An open letter
To my long lost aunt Nancy
Not at this address

Edwin Tanguma   © 1/23/2021


Scheme X XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 11111101 11010 1111110 1111 10010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 124
Words 24
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 32
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on January 23, 2021

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on January 23, 2021

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